Zeus YC Application

Summer 2011Acquired

Zeus went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2011 batch as a Real Estate and Construction 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 2011
Industry: Real Estate and ConstructionHousing and Real Estate
Team size: 200
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2012

Founders

Kulveer TaggarFounder/CEO
Srini PanguluriFounder
Joe WongFounder

Zeus's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zeus, Summer 2011 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zeus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Tech-enabled property manager for corporate rentals

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

We build software and operations that manage furnished corporate rentals end-to-end. Our product handles everything from listing and leasing to maintenance and tenant communication, all focused on optimizing housing for business travelers and companies that need flexible, high-quality short- to medium-term housing.

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

We live and plan to base the company in San Francisco, CA.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the founders live, it's a major tech hub, and it is close to many of our customers and partners in real estate and corporate sectors, which helps us integrate product and operations tightly.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zeus YC application?

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