Weilos YC Application

Summer 2013Acquired

Weilos went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2013 batch as a Healthcare 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 2013
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 11
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2013

Founders

Ray WuFounder

What Weilos does

Weilos is a safe community for people to share their fitness updates to inspire others and receive support. Users view real body transformations and healthy photo updates from other dieters on a streaming newsfeed. They can then post themselves to receive support and tips from other like minded people. The app also has a special camera tool so users can take perfectly lined up progress photos to visualize their smallest improvements.

Weilos's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Weilos, Summer 2013 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Weilos

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Weight loss coaching

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

Weilos is a community app where dieters share fitness updates and body transformations to get support and inspiration. It includes a special camera tool to take perfectly aligned progress photos to visualize small improvements over time.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are in San Francisco because it's where we live and the startup ecosystem allows us to build and grow the product efficiently with access to talent and resources.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Weilos YC application?

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