Senic YC Application

Summer 2013Acquired

Senic went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2013
Industry: ConsumerConsumer Electronics
Team size: 16
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2013

Founders

Andreas Mohr
Kai-Dominik Kuhn
Johannes Berdin
Lech Alexander Murawski

What Senic does

Our mission is to empower every family member and business to set the right ambience of sound and light for every moment. Our company offers simple wireless switches and remotes for products like Sonos or Philips Hue, software and simplify the installation of Smart Home systems and add-on solutions to create a great smart home experience for consumers, prosumers and professionals.

Senic's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Senic, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Senic

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simple controls for Sonos, Philips Hue, smart home

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build wireless switches and remotes that let people control smart home devices like Sonos speakers and Philips Hue lights easily. Our products simplify setting the right sound and lighting atmosphere for any moment, combining hardware and software designed for consumers and professionals.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We currently live and work in Berlin, Germany, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Berlin has a strong hardware startup ecosystem and our founders are based here. Staying local helps us move fast on product development and hardware prototyping.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Senic YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Senic's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Senic would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.