Aplicación YC de The Human Utility

Winter 2015Active

The Human Utility pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2015 como una empresa de Unspecified. 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 2015
Industria: Unspecified
Tamaño del equipo: 2
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2014

Fundadores

Tiffani Ashley BellFounder/Executive Director

Lo que hace The Human Utility

Founded July 2014, The Human Utility (formerly known as the Detroit Water Project) matches families needing help with utility bills to people who want to help through payments directly to utility companies. For over 40 million families in the United States, water and other essential utilities may be unaffordable. In order to afford utilities, families often forgo medication, food, and transportation. The Human Utility's platform divides a bill similar to a loan syndicate expanding the possible number of donors from around the world able to join together to ensure families never lose access to utility service. Donors are matched with a specific family or donate to a universal assistance fund. Later, we use utility data to design interventions addressing the root causes of why people need help with their utility bills with the goal of never having them lose service again.

Aplicación YC de The Human Utility, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

The Human Utility, batch Winter 2015. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

The Human Utility

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Eliminate water shutoffs through crowdfunded bill payments

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

We built a platform that connects families at risk of water disconnection with donors who pay utility bills directly. Our system breaks bills into smaller shares so multiple people worldwide can fund a single family's utility needs. Donors can pick families or give to a general fund. We plan to use utility data to develop programs that prevent disconnections long-term.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and have remote team members. After YC, the company will remain based in Oakland with remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland is where Tiffani is located and where we have local connections to water justice issues. Remote work fits our small team and lets us engage supporters where they live.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de The Human Utility?

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

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo The Human Utility?

The Human Utility formó parte del batch Winter 2015 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó The Human Utility?

The Human Utility fue fundado por Tiffani Ashley Bell.

¿A qué se dedica The Human Utility?

The Human Utility seeks to eliminate water service disconnections for…

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

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