Application YC di Authy

Winter 2012Acquired

Authy ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2012 come azienda B2B. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2012
Settore: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Dimensione team: 201
Stato: Acquired
Lanciata: 2011

Founder

Daniel PalacioFounder/CEO
Gleb ChuvpiloFounder

Cosa fa Authy

Authy provides strong authentication for the connected world, protecting people and the enterprise against malicious attacks. Our two-factor authentication (2FA) security solution enables organizations to minimize risk while enhancing the user experience. Authy 2FA provides a fast-to-implement, highly scalable and proven 99.999 % reliable alternative to passwords. Used by 11,000+ websites serving 2 million consumers worldwide, it's designed to give users the ability to self-service or easily manage their own 2FA experience. Coinbase, CloudFlare, Humble Bundle and Twitch.tv are just some Authy clients. Authy is a Twilio company. Follow us on: Twitter at @Authy Facebook at Google+ at GitHub at

Application YC di Authy, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Authy, batch Winter 2012. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Authy

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Two-Factor Authentication platform for developers

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

We're building Authy, a two-factor authentication platform that helps developers add strong authentication to their apps quickly. It replaces fragile password-only security with a solution users can manage themselves. Our focus is on reliability, ease of integration, and minimizing risk for online services.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company will be based here after YC as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked San Francisco because it's where we live, and it's the software and security hub we want to be part of. It's important for networking and finding early customers in the tech industry.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Authy?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Authy (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Authy si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.