webapp.io YC Application

Summer 2020Acquired

webapp.io went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 4
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020

Founders

Colin ChartierFounder
Lyn ChenFounder

What webapp.io does

Webapp.io's custom hypervisor makes webapp CI/CD, E2E testing, and preview environments as simple as writing a Dockerfile. If your team is building a webapp + using github/gitlab/bitbucket, please reach out!

webapp.io's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

webapp.io, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

webapp.io

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Build webapps faster with 10x better CI/CD + preview envs

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

We built a custom hypervisor platform that makes webapp CI/CD, end-to-end testing, and preview environments as simple as writing a Dockerfile. Our product integrates with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket so developer teams get reliable, fast feedback and isolated testing environments without complex config or infrastructure.

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

We live in Toronto, Canada and work fully remote. After YC, we expect to remain distributed but keep Toronto as our main hub.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked Toronto as our base because that's where we are already located and have strong networks. Remote work lets us tap talent globally for this engineering-focused product.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real webapp.io YC application?

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