Candidature YC de VotingWorks

Winter 2019Active

VotingWorks a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2019 en tant qu'entreprise Government. 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: Government
Taille de l'équipe: 18
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2018

Fondateurs

Ben AdidaFounder

Ce que fait 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 Their technology is outdated, their source code proprietary and their security vulnerabilities - described in detail by the security community over many years - are left unpatched.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.

Candidature YC de VotingWorks, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

VotingWorks, promotion Winter 2019. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

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We build open-source voting machines using off-the-shelf hardware and modern product engineering to replace outdated, insecure proprietary systems used in US elections.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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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de VotingWorks ?

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

À quel batch YC VotingWorks appartenait-il ?

VotingWorks faisait partie du batch Winter 2019 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé VotingWorks ?

VotingWorks a été fondé par Ben Adida.

Que fait VotingWorks ?

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

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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