Stypi YC Application

Summer 2011Acquired

Stypi went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 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 2011
Industry: B2BProductivity
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Jason ChenFounder/CEO
Byron MilliganFounder

What Stypi does

Stypi is a San Francisco based tech company focusing on real-time collaboration. Its first product is a collaborative code editor that many companies such as Apple, Pinterest, and Palantir, have incorporated into their remote interview process. Stypi was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2012, where the team still continues to build its real-time technology and platform.

Stypi's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Stypi, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Stypi

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Realtime collaborative coding

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

We are building a real-time collaborative code editor where multiple developers can write and edit code together simultaneously. Our product makes remote technical interviews easier by allowing companies to watch candidates code live, reducing friction and miscommunication in the hiring process.

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

We live in San Francisco and the company is based there currently and would remain so after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in San Francisco because it's where we're located and where our initial customers and early users are. Being here keeps us close to the companies using our product and the developer community we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Stypi YC application?

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