Ten Lives YC Application

Summer 2022Active

Ten Lives went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2022 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: Summer 2022
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Vicki MoFounder
Ruby YuFounder

What Ten Lives does

We optimize microbial factories to produce proteins at the lowest possible cost and environmental impact. Our mission is to make sustainable protein sources a cost-viable alternative, for all members of the family.

Ten Lives's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ten Lives

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Manufacturing more proteins with AI

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

We optimize microbial factories to produce proteins at the lowest cost and environmental impact. Our platform designs and improves strains to make sustainable proteins affordable for food and beverage companies focused on family nutrition.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the biotech talent and investor network we need. It lets us easily tap into microbial engineering expertise and food industry connections.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Ten Lives YC application?

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