Void YC Application

Summer 2024Active

Void went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2024 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: Summer 2024
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2024

Founders

Andrew ParelesFounder
Mathew ParelesFounder

What Void does

Void is an open source code editor with features similar to Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Unlike other tools, Void lets developers keep their data completely private by connecting directly to any LLM.

Void's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Void, Summer 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Void

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The open source Cursor alternative

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

We're building Void, an open source code editor with AI-assisted coding features similar to Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Unlike those, Void lets developers keep their code and data private by connecting directly to any large language model without sending data to a third party. It's for developers who want AI help but don't want to sacrifice control or security.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're here because we live here. San Francisco puts us in the middle of other dev tool startups and AI companies, making recruiting and networking easier.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Void YC application?

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