Shone YC Application

Winter 2018Inactive

Shone went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch as a Industrials 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 2018
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 8
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Antoine de MalepradeFounder/CTO

Shone's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Shone, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shone

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Autonomous retrofit for cargo ships

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

We make existing cargo ships autonomous by retrofitting them with our robotics and control systems. Our product installs hardware and software onto ships to automate navigation and operations without needing new vessels. We focus on cargo ship owners who want to reduce crew costs and improve operational efficiency.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there now and would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we are based because it's where we can find robotics and autonomy talent and access marine tech companies and early customers. Staying here after YC keeps us close to our network and resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Shone YC application?

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