Our World in Data YCアプリケーション

Winter 2019Active

Our World in DataはWinter 2019バッチでEducation企業としてY Combinatorを卒業しました。以下：会社の事業内容、創業者、そして実際のYCフォームで質問ごとに再構築されたYCへの応募内容。

YCバッチ: Winter 2019
業界: Education
チーム規模: 19
ステータス: Active
ローンチ済み: 2018

創業者

Esteban Ortiz-OspinaFounder
Hannah RitchieFounder
Max RoserFounder

Our World in Dataの事業内容

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on. Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health; we have 3405 charts across 297 topics. Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them.

Our World in DataのYCアプリケーション、再構築済み

Y Combinator 申請

Our World in Data 様、Winter 2019 バッチ。公開データから回答された、実際のフォームの質問。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Our World in Data

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Research and data to make progress against the world's largest problems

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

We publish a free, open-access publication with interactive data visualizations and summaries of scientific research across large global problems like poverty, disease, climate change, and inequality. Our site helps millions understand where progress is being made and where it isn't, by providing clear data and explanations in one place.

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

We are based in Oxford, England, United Kingdom, with a fully remote team distributed globally. After YC, we plan to keep this mix of Oxford-based operations and remote work.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oxford provides an academic environment that supports our research-driven work, while a remote setup lets us collaborate with a global team and reach diverse users worldwide.

フルアプリケーションで21件の追加回答

はフルバージョンにあります。無料アカウントを作成して、他のすべてのYCバッチの横にあるYCインサイトで開いてください。

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よくある質問

Our World in Dataの実際のYCアプリケーションですか？

いいえ。Y Combinatorは提出されたアプリケーションを非公開にしています。これは再構築されたものです。実際のYCフォームの質問に、Our World in Dataの公開データ（ローンチノート、創業者経歴、製品説明）から回答しています。Our World in Dataのような会社がYCにどのようにアピールするかを示しており、彼らが提出したテキストではありません。