Xberts YC Application

Summer 2016Inactive

Xberts went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2016
Industry: Consumer
Team size: 50
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2016

Founders

Simon HuangFounder/CEO
Steven HuangFounder/COO

What Xberts does

A community-based marketplace to review, discover and shop global hardware products.

Xberts's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Xberts, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Xberts

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Marketplace for global hardware reviews

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

We built a community-based marketplace where users can review, discover, and purchase hardware products from around the world. Our product brings hardware enthusiasts and buyers into one place to share insights, find rare or specialized tools, and shop with trust from peer reviews.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, and we plan to keep the company based here after YC to stay close to tech talent and hardware supply chains.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to both strong engineering talent and connections in the hardware industry. It's where we live and where a hardware-focused tech company should be based.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Xberts YC application?

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