Zelos Cloud YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Zelos Cloud went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 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 2023
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 3
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Michael JaradahFounder
Taylor KeairnsFounder

What Zelos Cloud does

Zelos Cloud is the data platform for mission-critical systems that enables teams to observe, control, and test systems from prototype to production. The platform connects across entire ecosystems, capturing data from many protocols, enabling remote command execution, and facilitating team collaboration through shared workspaces and real-time annotations. By integrating data collection, processing, and visualization into one seamless pipeline, Zelos Cloud eliminates complexity and breaks down silos between engineering, operations, and quality teams.

Zelos Cloud's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zelos Cloud, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zelos Cloud

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The Data Platform for Mission-Critical Systems

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

We built a data platform that connects across entire ecosystems of mission-critical systems, capturing data from multiple protocols, allowing teams to observe, control, and test those systems from prototype to production. It integrates data collection, processing, and visualization into one pipeline to reduce complexity and improve collaboration between engineering, operations, and quality teams.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we already live and have access to relevant talent and customers. It's the center of our network and where we can move fastest.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zelos Cloud YC application?

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