Our World in Data

Candidature YC de Our World in Data

Winter 2019Active

Our World in Data a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2019 en tant qu'entreprise Education. 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 2019
Secteur d'activité
Education
Taille de l'équipe
19
Statut
Active
Lancé
2018

Fondateurs

  • Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
    Esteban Ortiz-OspinaFounder
  • Hannah Ritchie
    Hannah RitchieFounder
  • Max Roser
    Max RoserFounder

Ce que fait 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.

Candidature YC de Our World in Data, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Our World in Data, promotion Winter 2019. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

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.

21 réponses supplémentaires dans la candidature complète

se trouvent dans la version complète. Créez un compte gratuit pour l'ouvrir dans YC Insights, à côté de tous les autres batches YC.

Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Our World in Data ?

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 Our World in Data (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Our World in Data se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Our World in Data appartenait-il ?

Our World in Data faisait partie du batch Winter 2019 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Our World in Data ?

Our World in Data a été fondé par Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser.

Que fait Our World in Data ?

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

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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

Plus de startups YC comme Our World in Data