Application YC di Prometheus

Winter 2019Active

Prometheus ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2019 come azienda Industrials. 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 2019
Settore: IndustrialsEnergy
Dimensione team: 25
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2018

Founder

Rob McGinnisFounder/CEO

Cosa fa Prometheus

We remove CO2 and water from the air and use electricity from solar and wind power to turn them into zero net carbon electrofuels. These are gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that work in existing cars, trucks and planes without requiring modification of their engines, and don't contribute to global warming because they don't add any new CO2 to the atmosphere. Each gallon of our electrofuels means a gallon of fossil oil left in the ground forever. Importantly, these fuels for the first time can compete with fossil fuels on price - our zero net carbon jet fuel has a price of one cent per gallon less than fossil jet fuel. American Airlines ordered 10 million gallons of this fuel and we will start shipping it next year.

Application YC di Prometheus, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Prometheus, batch Winter 2019. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Prometheus

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Making zero net carbon gasoline, diesel, jet fuels

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

We remove CO2 and water from air and convert them using electricity from solar and wind into electrofuels that work in existing engines without modifications. Our fuels replace fossil gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel without adding new carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. We are scaling this to deliver commercial volumes starting next year.

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

We live and work in Santa Cruz, California, and plan to remain headquartered here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Santa Cruz has the technical talent and renewable energy resources we need. We've built our team and pilot facilities here, so it makes sense to stay in a place that supports our work on electrofuels production.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Prometheus?

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

A quale batch YC apparteneva Prometheus?

Prometheus apparteneva al batch Winter 2019 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato Prometheus?

Prometheus è stato fondato da Rob McGinnis.

Cosa fa Prometheus?

We use solar and wind power to make zero net carbon electrofuels

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

Crea un account Round Funded gratuito. La versione completa di 26 risposte della application di Prometheus, e di ogni altro batch YC, è in YC Insights.