Telmai

Telmai YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Telmai went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry
B2B
Team size
12
Status
Active
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Mona Rakibe
    Mona RakibeFounder
  • Maxim Lukichev
    Maxim LukichevFounder

What Telmai does

Telmai is a Data observability and Data Quality platform designed for Open architecture. It monitors data stored/managed in any data system, such as a data lake or data warehouse, in its raw format at scale without sampling

Telmai's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Telmai, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Telmai

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated data observability and quality

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

We built a platform that monitors data quality and data observability across any data system. It works directly on data lakes or warehouses in their raw form without needing to sample data. This helps teams catch data issues early and maintain trust in their analytics.

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

We are distributed across San Francisco, Foster City, and remote locations. We plan to keep this distributed setup after YC, as it works well for our team and talent pool.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team is already spread across these areas, so staying distributed lets us keep strong engineers on board without relocation hurdles. It also helps us cover US time zones effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Telmai YC application?

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

What YC batch was Telmai in?

Telmai was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Telmai?

Telmai was founded by Mona Rakibe, Maxim Lukichev.

What does Telmai do?

Automated data observability and quality for Data Lake

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Telmai's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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