Storyline YC Application

Winter 2018Inactive

Storyline went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 3
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Vasili ShynkarenkaCo-Founder & CEO
Maksim AbramchukFounder

What Storyline does

No-code Alexa Skills builder.

Storyline's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Storyline, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Storyline

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Create Alexa Skills without coding

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

We built Storyline, a no-code builder for Alexa Skills. It lets people who aren't developers design and launch voice skills on Alexa without writing any code. This lowers the barrier for product teams and designers who want to create voice experiences quickly.

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

We live in London, England and the company is based here. After Y Combinator, we intend to keep operating from London.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We chose London because that's where we live and work. It's also a good hub for both tech and product design talent, which matters for us as a B2B design tool company.

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 Storyline YC application?

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