Taro YC Application

Summer 2022Acquired

Taro went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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 2022
Industry: B2BRecruiting and Talent
Team size: 6
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2022

Founders

Rahul PandeyFounder
Alex ChiouFounder

What Taro does

Taro is a community of 150k+ software engineers looking to grow their careers. High-growth tech companies leverage the Taro platform to hire engineers who can grow the company. Taro's education platform offers online courses and discussions with leaders at top tech companies. These resources attract many top engineers seeking their next career move. Taro supports the hiring process at startups through sourcing and feedback on engineers. If you're looking to expand your engineering team quickly, without compromising on quality, book time here:

Taro's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Taro, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Taro

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Help high-growth tech companies hire engineers

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

We built a platform that connects high-growth tech startups with a community of over 150k software engineers. It combines education through online courses and live discussions led by industry leaders with hiring tools that help companies source and get actionable feedback on candidates. This way, startups can hire engineers who will grow with them without burning months of recruiting effort.

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

We live in Redwood City, CA, and the company is based here now and would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're in Redwood City because that's where our team lives and where many early user startups are. Staying here keeps us close to our customers and the engineering talent we serve.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Taro YC application?

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