Weekend (fmr. Volley) YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Weekend (fmr. Volley) went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 80
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Max ChildFounder/CEO
James WilstermanFounder/CTO

What Weekend (fmr. Volley) does

Weekend builds the best AI games and entertainment experiences for TVs. Popular Weekend games include Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune, and Wit's End. Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Weekend (fmr. Volley)'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Weekend (fmr. Volley), Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Weekend (fmr. Volley)

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI games and entertainment on TV

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

We build AI-powered games tailored for TV audiences. Our product brings timed game shows like Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune into an interactive experience viewers can play on their TVs. We handle the AI hosting and conversational elements to replicate the excitement of live game shows at home.

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

We live in San Francisco, and we will continue to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and ecosystem we need to build consumer AI entertainment products. It's where we already have roots and the right team.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Weekend (fmr. Volley) YC application?

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