Reconstructed from public data
40 YC Application Examples: Where would the company be based after YC?
Below are 40 answers to the YC form question "Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?", 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.
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Airbnb (Winter 2009)San Francisco, USA / San Francisco, USA.
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Algolia (Winter 2014)We live and work between San Francisco, CA and Paris, Île-de-France, France. After YC, the company would continue to operate from those hubs.
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Amplitude (Winter 2012)We live in San Francisco, CA and the company will be based here after YC as well.
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Bear Flag Robotics (Winter 2018)We live in Newark, CA and plan to base the company here after YC.
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Bellabeat (Winter 2014)We live and will be based in San Francisco, CA after YC.
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Benchling (Summer 2012)We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and will base the company there after YC as well.
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Bird (Summer 2016)We live and base the company in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with hubs in Singapore, Dublin, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Bogota, and Asuncion. After YC, we would continue operating from Amsterdam and globally.
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Brex (Winter 2017)We live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here.
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Caper (Winter 2016)We are distributed; the company does not have a fixed location now and would remain remote or flexible after YC.
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Checkr (Summer 2014)We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC as well.
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Clever (Summer 2012)We currently live in San Francisco, CA, and the company would be based there after YC.
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Clipboard (Winter 2017)We live and operate remotely across the U.S., but our headquarters is based in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain there after YC.
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Codecademy (Summer 2011)We live in New York City now and plan to base the company here after YC.
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Cognito (Summer 2014)We are based in Palo Alto, CA, and the company operates remotely as well. After YC, we'll continue to be based in Palo Alto and leverage remote work.
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Coinbase (Summer 2012)San Francisco, USA / San Francisco, USA.
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CoreOS (Summer 2013)We live and work in San Francisco, and the company is based here.
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Cruise (Winter 2014)We live and work in San Francisco, and the company would remain based here after YC.
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Deel (Winter 2019)We live in San Francisco and operate remotely. The company is based in San Francisco, CA, USA, and will remain headquartered there after YC.
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DrChrono (Winter 2011)We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will continue to be based there after YC.
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EquipmentShare (Winter 2015)We're based in Columbia, Missouri, and would remain here after YC.
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Faire (Winter 2017)We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here now and would remain here after YC.
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Fivestars (Winter 2011)We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.
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Fivetran (Winter 2013)We live in Oakland, California, and plan to base the company here after YC.
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Flexport (Winter 2014)We're currently based in San Francisco, CA, and would continue to be based here after YC.
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Flock Safety (Summer 2017)We live in Atlanta, GA, and Flock Safety is based here.
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FutureAdvisor (Summer 2010)We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here as well.
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Ginkgo Bioworks (Summer 2014)We are based in Boston, MA and plan to remain here after YC.
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GitLab (Winter 2015)We live and base the company in San Francisco, CA, with a large remote team spread globally.
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GitPrime (Winter 2016)We live in Durango, CO, and the company is currently based there. After YC, we'd continue remote but would spend time in the Bay Area while attending YC.
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Go1 (Summer 2015)We live in San Francisco and plan to base the company here after YC.
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GOAT Group (Winter 2011)We live in Los Angeles, CA, and the company will be based there after YC.
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Groww (Winter 2018)We live and operate in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and plan to keep Groww based here after YC. This location has access to India's growing tech talent and user base.
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GrubMarket (Winter 2015)We live and are based in San Francisco, CA, and would continue to be based here after YC.
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Gusto (Winter 2012)We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC.
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Heap (Winter 2013)We live in Seattle and San Francisco, and after YC, we plan to base the company primarily in San Francisco.
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HelloSign (Winter 2011)We live in San Francisco, CA, and after YC the company will be based here as well.
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Heroku (Winter 2008)We live in San Francisco, and we plan to keep the company based here after YC.
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Honeylove (Summer 2018)We live in Los Angeles and San Francisco and plan to maintain both locations after YC to stay close to our design teams and customer base.
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Instacart (Summer 2012)We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company will be based here after YC as well.
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Lever (Summer 2012)We live in San Francisco, CA, USA, and the company is based here.
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