Sunu YC Application
Sunu went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2017 batch as a Consumer 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 2017
- Industry
- ConsumerVirtual and Augmented Reality
- Team size
- 11
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2020
Founders
Marco TrujilloFounder/CEO
Fernando AlbertorioFounder/Operations & Sales
Cuauhtli PadillaFounder/CTO
What Sunu does
Sunu Nek is an AR neck-worn interface using radar, audio, and haptics to assist the mobility and daily living of visually impaired users. Haptics informs the users of obstacles around them in real-time through vibrations while audio helps orient the user via GPS voice features. Starting with the blind, the Sunu Nek is the next non-obtrusive human computing interface that will be used by all. The future will be more like "Her" than "Ready player one".
Sunu's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Sunu, Summer 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Sunu
Audio and haptics AR for blind users
We make Sunu Nek, an augmented reality neck-worn device that uses radar to detect nearby obstacles. It communicates those obstacles to visually impaired users through vibrations on their skin while providing GPS-based audio directions. Our goal is to improve mobility and daily living for blind users with a discreet, wearable interface.
We live and work mainly in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico with some team members remote. After YC we would keep the base in Mexico but remain flexible to work remotely.
Mexico is where we built the product and connected with users. The team is mostly local, and costs are lower here. We want to maintain that while still connecting globally through remote work.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Sunu YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Sunu's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Sunu would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Sunu in?
Sunu was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2017 batch.
Who founded Sunu?
Sunu was founded by Marco Trujillo, Fernando Albertorio, Cuauhtli Padilla.
What does Sunu do?
Audio and Haptics AR interface equipping blind users with super powers
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Sunu's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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