Switchboard YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Switchboard went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 24
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Michael IpFounder

What Switchboard does

Switchboard uses real-time data obtained by Switchboard devices installed on commercial vehicles to provide visibility and reporting on freight location, routing availability, and other related data important to manage freight movement across North America.

Switchboard's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Switchboard, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Switchboard

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Technology for Trucking

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

We build hardware devices installed on commercial trucks to capture real-time data on freight location, routing, and vehicle status. Our platform aggregates this data to give freight managers and logistics companies better visibility and control over their shipments across North America.

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

We live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and intend to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in Vancouver because this is where we started and built our initial product. We have local access to trucking fleets and logistics companies, which is crucial for testing and iterating our solution in the real world.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Switchboard YC application?

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