Talkray (TiKL) YC Application

Winter 2012Inactive

Talkray (TiKL) went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2012 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: Winter 2012
Industry: ConsumerSocial
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2011

Founders

Zafer AhmedFounder

What Talkray (TiKL) does

Turn your smart phone into the ultimate push to talk walkie-talkie with TiKL. App available in Android Market and iPhone App Store. Its free.

Talkray (TiKL)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Talkray (TiKL), Winter 2012 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Talkray (TiKL)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Instant group push-to-talk and text messaging

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

We made TiKL, an app that turns smartphones into push-to-talk walkie-talkies you can use to instantly talk or text with one friend or a group. It runs on Android and iPhone so users can communicate in real time without dialing or waiting for calls to connect.

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

We live in Sunnyvale, CA, and would keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We live and work where the tech ecosystem is strong and we can easily connect to users and partners. Staying in Sunnyvale keeps us close to our network and resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Talkray (TiKL) YC application?

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