ThinAir YC Application

Winter 2015Inactive

ThinAir went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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: Winter 2015
Industry: B2BSecurity
Team size: 11
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Tony GaudaFounder/CEO

What ThinAir does

At ThinAir They are building the future of data security--and it's wrought with exciting engineering challenges! As a cloud-based SaaS product, ThinAir is the first data security solution that allows everyone - administrators and employees alike - to take control over their most sensitive data in a way that enhances, not hinders their productivity. They were the 2014 DEMO Enterprise's DEMOGod Winner and they completed Y Combinator as part of W15.

ThinAir's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ThinAir, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ThinAir

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Intelligent data security for teams

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

We built ThinAir, a cloud-based SaaS product that lets every employee - not just admins - control access to sensitive data. It's designed for teams who need security that doesn't slow down their work but actually makes data safer across cloud apps and devices.

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

We live in Palo Alto, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Palo Alto is where we started ThinAir and have access to the engineering talent and enterprise customers we target. Staying here keeps us close to the ecosystem and potential pilot customers.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ThinAir YC application?

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