Voodoo Manufacturing YC Application

Winter 2017Inactive

Voodoo Manufacturing went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 batch as a Industrials 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 2017
Industry: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Team size: 19
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Max FriefeldFounder/CEO
Jon Miller SchwartzFounder/CPO
Patrick DeemFounder/CFO / Head of Business Development

What Voodoo Manufacturing does

AWS for manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, NY, Voodoo operates a robotic 3D printing factory with over 250 3D printers, capable of making thousands of parts faster than traditionally possible. Voodoo has worked with thousands of customers to date, from engineers and entrepreneurs to companies such as Microsoft, NBCUniversal, Mattel, and Intel. Visit to learn more.

Voodoo Manufacturing's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Voodoo Manufacturing, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Voodoo Manufacturing

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AWS for manufacturing

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

We run a robotic 3D printing factory with over 250 printers that can produce thousands of parts faster and at scale. Our product is a platform where engineers, entrepreneurs, and companies can submit CAD files and get high-quality 3D printed parts made at industrial scale without owning any printers.

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

We live and are based in Brooklyn, NY, and would stay here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Brooklyn is where we built our factory and team. It has access to talent and proximity to many customers in design and manufacturing 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 Voodoo Manufacturing YC application?

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