Candidature YC de Bountiful

Winter 2017Active

Bountiful a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2017 en tant qu'entreprise Industrials. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2017
Secteur d'activité: IndustrialsAgriculture
Taille de l'équipe: 4
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2016

Fondateurs

Megan NunesFounder/CEO

Ce que fait Bountiful

We’re on a mission to optimize the agricultural industry. When we started Bountiful in 2015, the grape error rate for predicting production was 30 percent. Why? We found that many farmers in the specialty crops space were still using traditional pencil-and-paper techniques to predict yield. These low-fidelity forecasting methods weren’t giving them a clear enough understanding of their production until it was too late, leading to waste and inefficiency throughout the supply chain. We saw a problem we wanted to solve. Today, Bountiful is using advanced data science to help farmers forecast more accurately, so they can make better decisions. In the last three years, we’ve combined the latest in machine learning with weather, satellite, geographic, and historical data. The result is a user-friendly platform that transforms volumes of complex agricultural information into simple, actionable insights farmers can use to run more economically and environmentally sustainable farms. More recently, we’re working to open the dialogue between buyers and sellers, remove uncertainty, and provide clarity to the supply chain to meet global food demand. Our ultimate goal is to close the agricultural margin of error. Not only will this make individual farms more efficient, profitable, and sustainable, but it will help optimize the global food supply chain. That means healthier people and a healthier planet.

Candidature YC de Bountiful, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Bountiful, promotion Winter 2017. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Bountiful

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

An Operating System for agriculture.

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

We built a platform that helps specialty crop farmers forecast their yields more accurately. Our product combines machine learning with weather, satellite, geographic, and historical data to turn complex agricultural inputs into actionable insights. This lets farmers reduce waste and inefficiency by understanding their production earlier and more precisely.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and the company would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to top engineering talent and proximity to tech investors, which helps us build and scale a data-driven agriculture platform.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Bountiful ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Bountiful (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Bountiful se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Bountiful appartenait-il ?

Bountiful faisait partie du batch Winter 2017 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Bountiful ?

Bountiful a été fondé par Megan Nunes.

Que fait Bountiful ?

An Operating System for agriculture.

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Bountiful en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.