Aplikacja VotingWorks do YC

Winter 2019Active

VotingWorks przeszedł przez Y Combinator w batchu Winter 2019 jako firma z branży Government. Poniżej: czym zajmuje się firma, kto ją założył i jej aplikacja do YC, zrekonstruowana pytanie po pytaniu w prawdziwym formularzu YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2019
Branża: Government
Wielkość zespołu: 18
Status: Active
Wystartowano: 2018

Foundersi

Ben AdidaFounder

Czym zajmuje się VotingWorks

VotingWorks is a non-partisan non-profit founded on the powerful idea that the operating system of our democracy should be publicly owned. Every citizen’s vote is sacred, and every citizen deserves evidence that our elections are free and fair. Forty states use voting machines that are over ten years old. Their technology is outdated, their source code proprietary and their security vulnerabilities - described in detail by the security community over many years - are left unpatched. It’s not surprising that 76% of voters are concerned that our elections are vulnerable to hacking. And if voters lose trust in elections, then the very foundation of our democracy is at risk. We’re using open-source software, off-the-shelf hardware, and modern product engineering to make elections dramatically safer, more accessible, and more affordable. Affordability may sound pedestrian, but it is key. The front line of America’s election security rests in the hands of the 50% of US counties that struggle to afford basic services, let alone upgrade aging voting equipment.

Aplikacja VotingWorks do YC, zrekonstruowana

Aplikacja Y Combinator

VotingWorks, batch Winter 2019. Prawdziwe pytania z formularza, odpowiedzi na podstawie danych publicznych.

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Company

Company name

VotingWorks

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Open-source voting machines for US elections

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

We build open-source voting machines using off-the-shelf hardware and modern product engineering to replace outdated, insecure proprietary systems used in US elections. Our product enables election officials to run safer, more accessible, and more affordable elections with transparent code that anyone can inspect.

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

We are based in California and remote. After YC, we would remain in California with a remote team spread across the US.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We picked California because of access to technical talent and proximity to the tech ecosystem. Operating remotely lets us work flexibly with election officials across many states without geographic constraints.

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Często zadawane pytania

Czy to jest prawdziwa aplikacja VotingWorks do YC?

Nie. Y Combinator utrzymuje prywatność złożonych aplikacji. Jest to rekonstrukcja: prawdziwe pytania z formularza YC, na które odpowiedziano na podstawie publicznych danych VotingWorks (notatki o premierze, tło founderów, opis produktu). Pokazuje, jak firma taka jak VotingWorks przedstawiłaby się YC, a nie tekst, który złożyli.