Aplicación YC de Our World in Data

Winter 2019Active

Our World in Data pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2019 como una empresa de Education. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2019
Industria: Education
Tamaño del equipo: 19
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2018

Fundadores

Esteban Ortiz-OspinaFounder
Hannah RitchieFounder
Max RoserFounder

Lo que hace Our World in Data

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on. Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health; we have 3405 charts across 297 topics. Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them.

Aplicación YC de Our World in Data, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Our World in Data, batch Winter 2019. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

Our World in Data

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Research and data to make progress against the world's largest problems

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

We publish a free, open-access publication with interactive data visualizations and summaries of scientific research across large global problems like poverty, disease, climate change, and inequality. Our site helps millions understand where progress is being made and where it isn't, by providing clear data and explanations in one place.

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

We are based in Oxford, England, United Kingdom, with a fully remote team distributed globally. After YC, we plan to keep this mix of Oxford-based operations and remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oxford provides an academic environment that supports our research-driven work, while a remote setup lets us collaborate with a global team and reach diverse users worldwide.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Our World in Data?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Our World in Data (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Our World in Data se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Our World in Data?

Our World in Data formó parte del batch Winter 2019 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Our World in Data?

Our World in Data fue fundado por Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser.

¿A qué se dedica Our World in Data?

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Our World in Data, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.