teaBOT YC Application
teaBOT went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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 2015
- Industry
- B2BHuman Resources
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2015
Founders
Rehman MeraliFounder
What teaBOT does
teaBOT offers an amenity-as-a-services to offices and showrooms. Your staff and clients will love coming to your space and sharing their custom-made tea blend with colleagues and guests! Offices like Google, HubSpot, and McKinsey use teaBOT as a recruiting and retention tool to have their teams love coming into the office! Details at
teaBOT's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
teaBOT, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
teaBOT
A robot that makes tea!
We make a robot that brews personalized tea blends on demand in offices and showrooms. It's a hardware platform combined with software that lets employees and visitors easily select and customize their tea. It's an amenity to improve workplace culture and guest experience.
We live in Toronto, Canada and Chicago, USA. After YC we plan to base the company where it makes the most sense operationally, likely US-based to be closer to customers and partners.
Both founders are split between Toronto and Chicago to cover North American markets. We need to be near our customers - large offices like Google and McKinsey - and tech hubs, which is why Chicago and Toronto are our current bases.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real teaBOT YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from teaBOT's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like teaBOT would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was teaBOT in?
teaBOT was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2015 batch.
Who founded teaBOT?
teaBOT was founded by Rehman Merali.
What does teaBOT do?
A robot that makes tea!
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of teaBOT's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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