Tempo

Tempo YC Application

Winter 2015Active

Tempo went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a Healthcare 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 2015
Industry
HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size
158
Status
Active
Launched
2014

Founders

  • Moawia Eldeeb
    Moawia EldeebFounder/CEO
  • Joshua Augustin
    Joshua AugustinFounder/CTO

What Tempo does

SmartSpot is a post Series-A stealth startup backed by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures that uses computer vision to deliver an unparalleled fitness training experience to your home. Our unique hardware solution gives amazing trainers the ability to see their class participants in real time and deliver detailed advice that was previously only possible in person.

Tempo's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tempo, Winter 2015 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

Tempo

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Live home fitness training with computer vision

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

We are building a system that uses computer vision to deliver live personal fitness training at home. Our product includes hardware and software that lets trainers see participants in real time and give detailed, personalized feedback as if they were in the same room. This improves the home fitness experience beyond on-demand videos or generic coaching apps.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are in San Francisco because it's where we built the core product and found early users. The area has rich access to talent in machine learning and hardware, which is crucial for our work.

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 Tempo YC application?

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

What YC batch was Tempo in?

Tempo was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 batch.

Who founded Tempo?

Tempo was founded by Moawia Eldeeb, Joshua Augustin.

What does Tempo do?

Live home fitness training powered by computer vision.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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