Sherloq YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Sherloq went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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: Winter 2023
Industry: B2BAnalytics
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Noy TwerskiFounder
Nadav GutmanFounder

What Sherloq does

Companies use Sherloq as their single source of truth for their SQL on top of their existing data stack. Today, data-driven organizations face the challenge of giving 2 of their data analysts the same task and getting 2 totally different results from their analysis. Although SQL is the #1 coding language for data analysis, it is still managed independently on each user's internal documentation tools (notepads, Slack channels, or docx files). Creating one source of truth is an ongoing difficult process, that’s done manually and takes time to implement. Using our plugin on top of our user's existing query editors, companies can now manage their SQL code in one place. We ourselves are data users and we've built Sherloq to fit the exact needs of data teams, becoming a true alternative to the way SQL is being managed today.

Sherloq's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sherloq, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sherloq

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

One place for all your queries, directly on your SQL editor

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

We've built a plugin that integrates directly with existing SQL editors, letting data teams manage all their SQL queries in one place. This creates a single source of truth across the company's analyses, eliminating conflicting results from different analysts working on the same questions. Sherloq is for data analysts and data-driven companies who struggle with scattered SQL code and inconsistent documentation.

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

We live and work in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. The company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Tel Aviv is where all three founders live and where our early users and team are based. We have strong ties to the data community here, and it's practical for us to stay local while growing.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sherloq YC application?

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