Zenysis YC Application

Winter 2016Active

Zenysis went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 batch as a Government 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 2016
Industry: Government
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Jonathan StambolisFounder/CEO
Ian WebsterFounder/CTO

What Zenysis does

Zenysis builds data integration software that helps governments view and analyze all their data in one place. When governments face pandemic emergencies, humanitarian crises, or natural disasters, they turn to their data for actionable insights. Zenysis puts this information at their fingertips.

Zenysis's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zenysis, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zenysis

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Software to analyze government data

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

We build software that integrates and analyzes government data from multiple sources in developing countries. Our platform helps officials see all their data in one place so they can respond faster to emergencies like pandemics or natural disasters.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the engineering talent and investor ecosystem we need to grow and scale our software effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zenysis YC application?

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