Sublingual YC Application

Winter 2025Inactive

Sublingual went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 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 2025
Industry: B2B
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2025

Founders

Matthew TangCo-Founder and CEO
Dylan BowmanFounder

What Sublingual does

Our desktop app helps teams stay focused on shipping.

Sublingual's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sublingual, Winter 2025 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sublingual

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Daily productivity tracker

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

We built a desktop app that helps teams track their daily productivity by showing what they actually spent time on and encouraging focus on shipping work. It's meant for developers and small teams who want a clearer picture of progress beyond vague metrics.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live here because it's a hub for startups and developers, which are our core users. Being in San Francisco keeps us close to our network and potential early customers.

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 Sublingual YC application?

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