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40 YC Application Examples: Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less

Below are 40 answers to the YC form question "Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.", one per company, reconstructed from public data. YC keeps real applications private, so none of these is an original text: each shows how an accepted company describes itself in that slot, with a link to its full reconstructed application.

1. 1Algolia (Winter 2014)

   Developer-friendly and enterprise-grade search API

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2. 2Bear Flag Robotics (Winter 2018)

   Autonomous driving technology for farm tractors

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3. 3Bird (Summer 2016)

   The world's largest omnichannel communications platform

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4. 4Brex (Winter 2017)

   Business accounts, corporate cards, spend mgmt software

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5. 5Checkr (Summer 2014)

   People infrastructure for the future of work

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6. 6Clever (Summer 2012)

   The platform that powers technology in the classroom.

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7. 7Codecademy (Summer 2011)

   Online learning platform for coding skills

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8. 8Cognito (Summer 2014)

   Identity verification starting with a phone number

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9. 9CoreOS (Summer 2013)

   Open source tools of modern distributed systems

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10. 10Deel (Winter 2019)

    All-in-one HR and payroll platform for global teams

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11. 11DrChrono (Winter 2011)

    The essential platform for modern medical practices and patients.

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12. 12Faire (Winter 2017)

    The global online platform empowering independent retail

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13. 13Flock Safety (Summer 2017)

    The first public safety operating system that eliminates crime

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14. 14FutureAdvisor (Summer 2010)

    Online financial management for everyone

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15. 15GitLab (Winter 2015)

    A complete DevOps platform as one application

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16. 16GitPrime (Winter 2016)

    Visibility and analytics for software development leaders

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17. 17GOAT Group (Winter 2011)

    Platform for the greatest products from past, present, future

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18. 18Groww (Winter 2018)

    Making financial services simple, transparent and delightful

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19. 19GrubMarket (Winter 2015)

    AI-powered digital platform for U.S. food supply chain

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20. 20Gusto (Winter 2012)

    Everything growing businesses need to take care of their team

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21. 21Heap (Winter 2013)

    Captures user interactions with no code to generate analytics.

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22. 22Heroku (Winter 2008)

    Enabling developers to build and run applications in the cloud

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23. 23Instacart (Summer 2012)

    Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup

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24. 24Lever (Summer 2012)

    Talent Acquisition Suite combining ATS + CRM

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25. 25Matterport (Winter 2012)

    Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds

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26. 26Meesho (Summer 2016)

    Democratizing internet commerce in India

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27. 27Mixpanel (Summer 2009)

    Event analytics for builders that need answers

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28. 28Modern Fertility (Summer 2017)

    At-home fertility test for women not ready for kids

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29. 29Momentus (Summer 2018)

    The space infrastructure services company

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30. 30North (Winter 2013)

    Wearable computing hardware: biosignal gesture recognition

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31. 31Notable Labs (Winter 2015)

    Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer

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32. 32Nowports (Winter 2019)

    The core engine of supply chain in LATAM

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33. 33NURX (Winter 2016)

    Medicine or testing kit prescribed online and delivered

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34. 34Oklo (Summer 2014)

    Emission free, always on power from advanced fission power plants.

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35. 35Optimizely (Winter 2010)

    The first all-in-one operating system for marketing

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36. 36PagerDuty (Summer 2010)

    Real-time visibility into critical apps and services

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37. 37Pardes Biosciences (Summer 2020)

    Oral drugs to treat and prevent viral infections

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38. 38Paystack (Winter 2016)

    Modern payments infrastructure for Africa

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39. 39PlanGrid (Winter 2012)

    Mobile applications for the construction industry

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40. 40Presto (Summer 2010)

    Digital meets physical for big chain restaurants

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