Application YC di Skyscrape

Summer 2017Active

Skyscrape ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Summer 2017 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: Summer 2017
Settore: IndustrialsManufacturing and Robotics
Dimensione team: 3
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2017

Founder

Brent RidleyFounder

Cosa fa Skyscrape

Skyscrape makes temperature responsive fabrics for a new type of clothing. These fabrics literally change shape in response to a change in temperature: the fabrics become thicker and insulate more as the temperature drops, and they become thinner and insulate less as the temperature rises again. This "intelligent insulation" has no wires or sensors, and the fabric's shape-changing behavior comes from a natural materials response. Skyscrape’s fabrics offer expanded thermal comfort across a wider temperature range than conventional clothing. Creating textiles that could change shape with changing temperatures required years of laboratory work by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, designers, and weavers, designing and refining machines and processes to make yarns and fabrics that could adapt to the environment. Skyscrape's first market entry was with Ralph Lauren in the 2022 Team USA Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Application YC di Skyscrape, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Skyscrape, batch Summer 2017. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Skyscrape

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Temperature-responsive insulation fabric

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

We make fabrics that change thickness and insulation based on temperature. As it gets colder, the fabric thickens to keep you warm; as it warms, it thins to keep you comfortable. This happens naturally in the material itself, without sensors or wires.

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

We live in Portland, OR, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Portland has the manufacturing and textile expertise we rely on. It's where our founders live and where we can best develop and produce our fabrics.

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Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di Skyscrape?

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

A quale batch YC apparteneva Skyscrape?

Skyscrape apparteneva al batch Summer 2017 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato Skyscrape?

Skyscrape è stato fondato da Brent Ridley.

Cosa fa Skyscrape?

Skyscrape makes temperature-responsive insulation

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

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