Stealth Worker YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Stealth Worker went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Ken BaylorFounder

What Stealth Worker does

We have hundreds of fully qualified and experienced contractors in Information Security, Cloud Security, Privacy and Compliance available at competitive hourly rates.

Stealth Worker's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Stealth Worker, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Stealth Worker

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Information security, compliance, and privacy contractors

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

We provide a platform connecting companies with vetted contractors specialized in Information Security, Cloud Security, Privacy (including GDPR), and Compliance. Companies use us to quickly find skilled experts at competitive hourly rates, reducing the friction and risk of hiring for complex security and compliance roles.

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

We live and operate in Menlo Park, CA with a remote team setup, and the company would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Menlo Park is close to our key customers and talent pools in cybersecurity and compliance, and remote work allows us to tap global contractors efficiently.

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 Stealth Worker YC application?

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