Wakie YC Application
Wakie went through Y Combinator in the Winter 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
- Winter 2016
- Industry
- ConsumerSocial
- Team size
- 10
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2015
Founders
Hrachik AjamianFounder, Сhair of the Board
What Wakie does
Users perform millions of calls and send hundreds of millions of messages every month. The topics vary from language practicing to mental issues to personal life conversations.
Wakie's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Wakie, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Wakie
A social app for phone calls.
We built Wakie to let people make real connections through spontaneous phone calls on topics they care about. Users call strangers to talk about everything from practicing languages to mental health support. It's a social app focused entirely on voice conversations, not text or social feeds.
We live in Menlo Park, CA, and the company is based here with some remote team members.
Menlo Park puts us at the heart of the tech community with access to talent and investors. Remote work lets us stretch our hiring beyond the Bay Area, which keeps the team diverse and flexible.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Wakie YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Wakie's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Wakie would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Wakie in?
Wakie was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 batch.
Who founded Wakie?
Wakie was founded by Hrachik Ajamian.
What does Wakie do?
A social app for phone calls. Express yourself and make real friends.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Wakie's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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