Shape YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Shape went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a B2B 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 2021
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Namit ChadhaFounder

What Shape does

Shape lets workers get access to data insights without having to write SQL.

Shape's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shape, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shape

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Get data insights without writing SQL

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

We build Shape, a tool that lets non-technical workers get insights from company data without writing SQL. It connects to existing databases and translates queries into plain language questions, so teams like product, marketing, and sales can answer their own data questions quickly.

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

We live in London but work remotely. After YC, the company will remain remote with a strong presence in London.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose London because it's our home and a strong tech hub for enterprise and analytics. Remote work fits our distributed team and early product testing with global customers.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shape YC application?

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