Application YC di Mimir

Summer 2015Acquired

Mimir ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2015 come azienda Education. 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: Summer 2015
Settore: Education
Dimensione team: 8
Stato: Acquired
Lanciata: 2015

Founder

Prahasith VeluvoluFounder/CEO
Colton VoegeFounder/CTO
Jacobi PetruccianiFounder/CIO

Cosa fa Mimir

Mimir is venture backed startup in Indianapolis, Ind., focused on creating products to better computer science. We’re hiring rapidly to help satisfy the educational needs of instructors and students all over the world. Our primary product, the Mimir Classroom, is deployed in more than 70 universities allowing computer science instructors to teach their courses more effectively! We don’t need (or want) you to be perfect, but we expect you to work hard, move fast, and constantly iterate until we get it right. If you’re looking to be challenged every day, make a huge impact, and help define a large part of the future of computer science, then this job is for you.

Application YC di Mimir, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Mimir, batch Summer 2015. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mimir

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform for STEM courses with automated grading

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

We built the Mimir Classroom, a platform that helps computer science instructors run their courses more effectively by automating grading, identifying plagiarism, and providing tools tailored to STEM education. It's used at over 70 universities.

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

We live in Indianapolis, IN, and the company is based there. After YC, we plan to keep the company rooted here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Indianapolis offers us a cost-effective base and access to local universities where we can pilot and improve our product. We plan to keep expanding from here rather than move to a traditional tech hub.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Mimir?

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 Mimir (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Mimir si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.