Aplicación YC de VotingWorks

Winter 2019Active

VotingWorks pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2019 como una empresa de Government. 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: Government
Tamaño del equipo: 18
Estado: Active
Lanzado: 2018

Fundadores

Ben AdidaFounder

Lo que hace VotingWorks

VotingWorks is a non-partisan non-profit founded on the powerful idea that the operating system of our democracy should be publicly owned. Every citizen’s vote is sacred, and every citizen deserves evidence that our elections are free and fair. Forty states use voting machines that are over ten years old. Their technology is outdated, their source code proprietary and their security vulnerabilities - described in detail by the security community over many years - are left unpatched. It’s not surprising that 76% of voters are concerned that our elections are vulnerable to hacking. And if voters lose trust in elections, then the very foundation of our democracy is at risk. We’re using open-source software, off-the-shelf hardware, and modern product engineering to make elections dramatically safer, more accessible, and more affordable. Affordability may sound pedestrian, but it is key. The front line of America’s election security rests in the hands of the 50% of US counties that struggle to afford basic services, let alone upgrade aging voting equipment.

Aplicación YC de VotingWorks, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

VotingWorks, batch Winter 2019. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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Company

Company name

VotingWorks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source voting machines for US elections

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

We build open-source voting machines using off-the-shelf hardware and modern product engineering to replace outdated, insecure proprietary systems used in US elections. Our product enables election officials to run safer, more accessible, and more affordable elections with transparent code that anyone can inspect.

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

We are based in California and remote. After YC, we would remain in California with a remote team spread across the US.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked California because of access to technical talent and proximity to the tech ecosystem. Operating remotely lets us work flexibly with election officials across many states without geographic constraints.

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de VotingWorks?

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

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo VotingWorks?

VotingWorks formó parte del batch Winter 2019 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó VotingWorks?

VotingWorks fue fundado por Ben Adida.

¿A qué se dedica VotingWorks?

Non-profit building open-source voting machines for US elections.

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

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