Stempad YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Stempad went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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 2024
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 1
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Ralph RouhanaFounder

What Stempad does

You can think of Stempad as a Notion for science. It is the world's first true pen-and-paper alternative to fast scientific writing and collaborating. Quickly switch between different forms of technical visualization with the ease of a whiteboard and the convenience of your keyboard. Stempad allows you to share your work, collaborate in real time, store your data, annotate, write papers, plan, takes notes, create presentations, and so much more. Our vision is to make it easier and faster for students and scientists to digitize and share their scientific ideas.

Stempad's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Stempad, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Stempad

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Notion for science

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

We are building Stempad, a tool that replaces pen and paper for scientists. It allows fast scientific writing and collaboration by letting users switch easily between drawings, equations, notes, and presentations. Scientists and students can share work, annotate, and plan all in one digital space designed specifically for technical content.

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

n/a

Explain your decision regarding location.

n/a

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 Stempad YC application?

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