Terusama YC Application

Winter 2020Acquired

Terusama went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 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: Winter 2020
Industry: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Andrew DentaFounder
Chris PodlaskiFounder

What Terusama does

We help warehouses schedule trucks.

Terusama's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Terusama, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Terusama

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We help warehouses schedule trucks

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

We built a scheduling tool that helps warehouses coordinate inbound and outbound trucks to reduce waiting times and improve dock utilization. Our software gives dispatchers real-time visibility and control over truck appointments, solving a problem warehouses face daily but don't have good digital tools for.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco offers the best access to talent and investors for a startup working on logistics software. Being here helps us recruit and stay connected to an ecosystem that supports B2B software companies.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Terusama YC application?

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