Wasp YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Wasp went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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 2021
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Matija ŠošićFounder
Martin SosicFounder

What Wasp does

Wasp is a simple configuration language for building enterprise web apps with less code and best practices. If a developer wants to build an app like Instacart, they need to know a dozen different technologies and how to make them work together - Wasp solves this problem while still letting developers use React, Node.js and their other favourite tools. We will enable enterprises to build modern apps quickly at scale, like Databricks did for data management.

Wasp's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Wasp, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Wasp

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Configuration language for web apps 10x faster

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

Wasp is a configuration language designed to simplify building enterprise web apps. Instead of wiring together many technologies manually, you write high-level specs and Wasp generates the working code using React, Node.js, and other familiar tools. It reduces complexity, lets developers focus on their app logic, and enforces best practices out of the box.

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

We live in Zagreb, Croatia and will remain remote, but the company will be globally distributed after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based where we live and work remotely. This lets us tap talent worldwide and stay flexible.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Wasp YC application?

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