Spline YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Spline went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2021
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 25
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Alejandro LeonFounder

What Spline does

Easily create and publish 3D for multiple platforms. Build and iterate fast with production-ready results.

Spline's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Spline, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Spline

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Design and collaborate in multiple dimensions.

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

We built Spline to make creating and publishing 3D content simple and fast for multiple platforms. Our tool lets designers build, iterate, and share interactive 3D scenes without the complexity traditional 3D software demands. It's used by product designers and developers who need production-ready 3D assets accessible across web, AR, and other environments.

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

We live in Reston, VA and work remotely across locations. After YC, we'd base the company mainly out of our current remote-first setup, keeping flexibility for talent anywhere.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose remote to pull in global talent and keep development agile. Reston provides a base but we aren't tied to a location. After YC, we'll stay remote to move fast and attract engineers where 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Spline YC application?

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