UtilityScore (formerly Pando) YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

UtilityScore (formerly Pando) went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 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 2016
Industry: ConsumerHome and Personal
Team size: 6
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Brian GittFounder/CEO

What UtilityScore (formerly Pando) does

API that estimates utility costs for 100M+ homes. Helps real estate sites, building industry suppliers, solar companies, and lenders target, engage, and convert more customers.

UtilityScore (formerly Pando)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

UtilityScore (formerly Pando), Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

UtilityScore (formerly Pando)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

API estimating utility costs for 100M+ homes

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

We build an API that estimates utility costs for over 100 million homes. Our product helps real estate sites, building suppliers, solar companies, and lenders identify and engage customers based on their expected utility expenses. We collect data on homes and combine it with utility usage and pricing models to provide accurate cost estimates that inform sales and marketing decisions.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland offers access to engineering talent and is close to key customers in California's real estate and energy markets, which align with our target industries.

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 UtilityScore (formerly Pando) YC application?

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

What YC batch was UtilityScore (formerly Pando) in?

UtilityScore (formerly Pando) was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch.

Who founded UtilityScore (formerly Pando)?

UtilityScore (formerly Pando) was founded by Brian Gitt.

What does UtilityScore (formerly Pando) do?

API that estimates utility costs for 100M+ homes.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of UtilityScore (formerly Pando)'s application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.