Thunkable YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Thunkable went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: B2BMarketing
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Arun SaigalFounder/CEO
WeiHua LiFounder/CTO

What Thunkable does

From MIT's App Inventor and YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable allows anyone to build powerful native apps. With Thunkable, it's simple to design, and simple to code-- simply drag and drop to create fast, native, reliable apps. You don't need to download large development suites, command-line kits, or simulators. You can use the many built-in app templates as they are, or make changes. Make your changes online and see them on your device instantly with the Thunkable mobile app. Upload your apps directly to the Play Store or App Store or send them to friends!

Thunkable's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Thunkable, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Thunkable

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

No-code platform for building native mobile apps

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

We're building Thunkable, a drag-and-drop no-code platform that lets anyone create powerful native mobile apps without installing SDKs or using command-line tools. Users pick from templates or start from scratch, design interfaces visually, and see updates on their devices instantly through our app. They can publish directly to the Play Store or App Store or share apps with friends.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our users and the early app developer community are concentrated. Being here keeps us close to customers, designers, and key partners.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Thunkable YC application?

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