zeroheight YC Application

Summer 2019Active

zeroheight went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 55
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Jerome de LafargueFounder & CEO
Robin TindaleFounder

What zeroheight does

In a world where anyone can build software and sloppy products are abundant, the products that rise above the rest are the ones that solve real problems with a polished UX and strong brand identity. The key to delivering those things is a high quality, reliable, AI-optimised design system. zeroheight enables product teams to effortlessly document, manage, and fine-tune their design systems for AI development, so that they can ship at 10x speed without compromising on user experience.

zeroheight's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

zeroheight, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

zeroheight

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The design system layer for coding agents

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

We build zeroheight, a SaaS platform that helps product and design teams document, manage, and optimize design systems specifically for AI and coding agents. It enables teams to keep their design systems clear, reliable, and up to date so they can ship high-quality products faster without losing UX consistency. Our product removes the friction engineering and design teams face coordinating design standards for AI-augmented development workflows.

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

We are based in London, England, United Kingdom, with a distributed remote team. After YC, we'll keep our base in London while expanding remote operations to stay close to our users and talent.

Explain your decision regarding location.

London is where both founders live and know the tech ecosystem well. It also has a strong design and product culture, which is critical to our user base. Remote work lets us tap talent beyond London without losing our UK base.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real zeroheight YC application?

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