Slapdash

Slapdash YC Application

Winter 2019Acquired

Slapdash went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry
B2BProductivity
Team size
6
Status
Acquired
Launched
2018

Founders

  • Ivan Kanevski
    Ivan KanevskiFounder/CEO
  • Dmitry Koterov
    Dmitry KoterovFounder

What Slapdash does

Slapdash brings all your apps together in one place to give you new superpowers. It's a new type of tool that makes modern computer work less tedious and more fun. It's just one neat trick: we make your workflow insanely fast. We have built a low-latency, file-system for your cloud apps as well as the fastest interface in the world to drive it: the Command Bar.

Slapdash's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Slapdash, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Slapdash

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Work at the speed of thought

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

We've built Slapdash to bring all your apps into one place with a fast, low-latency file system for cloud apps and a Command Bar interface. It makes modern computer work less tedious by letting users search, launch, and switch between cloud tools instantly, speeding up workflows that otherwise involve many clicks and context switches.

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

We live in San Francisco and remote locations. After YC, the company would be based in San Francisco with a distributed team.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are in San Francisco to be close to the tech ecosystem and talent, but we maintain a remote-friendly culture to access the best people wherever they are.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Slapdash YC application?

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

What YC batch was Slapdash in?

Slapdash was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 batch.

Who founded Slapdash?

Slapdash was founded by Ivan Kanevski, Dmitry Koterov.

What does Slapdash do?

Work at the speed of thought

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Slapdash's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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