Speedscale YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Speedscale went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 8
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Ken AhrensFounder
Matthew LeRayFounder

What Speedscale does

Speedscale helps engineers validate their code with real, sanitized traffic. We simulate realistic production conditions in Kubernetes so you no longer need to manually script or use large and complex environments. Catch performance defects before they reach production and reduce weeks-long test cycles down to a few days.

Speedscale's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Speedscale, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Speedscale

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Simulate production conditions to test Kubernetes apps

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

We built Speedscale to help engineers catch bugs and performance issues before deployment. Our product records and sanitizes real production traffic, then replays it inside Kubernetes test environments, so users can validate their code against realistic conditions without complex setup or manual scripting. It shortens test cycles from weeks to days.

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

We're all based in Atlanta, GA, and the company remains headquartered here. After YC, we'll continue operating from Atlanta.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Atlanta offers us the right mix of talent and cost efficiency to build Speedscale. We already have established infrastructure and community here, so relocating isn't necessary.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Speedscale YC application?

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