Aplicación YC de RoboTire

Winter 2020Inactive

RoboTire pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2020 como una empresa de Industrials. 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 2020
Industria: IndustrialsAutomotive
Tamaño del equipo: 20
Estado: Inactive
Lanzado: 2020

Fundadores

Victor DarolfiFounder
Will MapesFounder

Lo que hace RoboTire

In a fleet-centric world where everything is delivered to your doorstep, cost-per-mile and uptime are all that matter. Vehicles will be driving more miles and the decreased complexity of electric motors will fundamentally change the automotive service industry. ROBOTIRE will bring manufacturing-level automation to vehicle servicing. Tires are the perfect vertical to tackle first because they are future-proof (tires are going nowhere) and scale from luxury personal automobiles to freight-centric big-rigs. The current tire changing industry is entrenched with an aging workforce but maintains strong margins. We will build and deploy a robotic tire changing container that can change tires in 10 minutes. Our fully-integrated ROBOTIRE containers can be placed inside existing shops, Walmart parking lots or in the middle of a fleet service area hundreds of miles away from a major city. In the medium term, we will expand to brakes, oil, batteries, etc. becoming an uptime assembly line that keeps fleets on the road 24/7 at a fraction of the maintenance cost per mile we see today. In a fleet-centric world, cost-per-mile and uptime are all that matter. ROBOTIRE tackles both.

Aplicación YC de RoboTire, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

RoboTire, batch Winter 2020. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

RoboTire

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automating tire changes with robotics

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

We're building a robotic tire-changing system that fits inside a container. It automates the full tire change process, aiming to cut turnaround time to about 10 minutes. Our containerized robots can be placed in fleet yards or retail parking lots, servicing everything from personal cars to big rigs. Down the line, we'll expand to other vehicle maintenance tasks, creating a continuous uptime assembly line for fleets.

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

We live and work in Plymouth, Michigan, and plan to base the company here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Plymouth is in the heart of the automotive industry, close to fleet operators and suppliers. Being local to our customers and hardware supply chain is critical for iterating on this robotics-heavy product.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de RoboTire?

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 RoboTire (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como RoboTire se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo RoboTire?

RoboTire formó parte del batch Winter 2020 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó RoboTire?

RoboTire fue fundado por Victor Darolfi, Will Mapes.

¿A qué se dedica RoboTire?

Robotire is automating vehicle maintenance for today and future…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

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