Tipe YC Application

Winter 2018Inactive

Tipe went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: B2BInfrastructure
Team size: 5
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2017

Founders

Scott MossFounder/CEO
Michael MossFounder/CPO
Patrick StapletonFounder/CTO

What Tipe does

Tipe allows teams to edit, preview, and publish content for their apps. You can use tipe to change static content to dynamic, allow non-technical team members to edit anything. They can then preview those changes and get feedback before publishing. All of this is set up in less than 3 minutes from your developer.

Tipe's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Tipe, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Tipe

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source, customizable, headless CMS

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

We built Tipe as a headless CMS that lets development teams quickly add dynamic content to their apps. Non-technical teammates can edit, preview, and publish content with minimal setup - generally under three minutes for a developer. The CMS is open source and customizable so teams can shape it to their workflows.

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

We live in San Francisco and operate mostly remote. After YC we would remain based in San Francisco.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco provides access to talent and potential customers for B2B infrastructure. Remote work lets us stay flexible but still tap into the SF startup ecosystem.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Tipe YC application?

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