Shotput YC Başvurusu

Summer 2015Inactive

Shotput, B2B şirketi olarak Summer 2015 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Summer 2015
Sektör: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Ekip büyüklüğü: 2
Durum: Inactive
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2015

Kurucular

Praful MathurFounder/CEO
James SteinbergFounder

Shotput ne yapar

Carefully engineered software to get products to your customers across the world faster and on time. We're trusted to simplify e-commerce and logistics by building the necessary tools for companies to improve their operations. These include determining key shipping routes, understanding customer demand, or reducing shipping and material costs. We built Shotput so that people can use new technologies to manage work across companies which will allow them to precisely calculate costs & time. We'll enter a world where people no longer have to work on boring tasks of calling each other to find statuses or putting things into a box all day. Instead we can be free to think strategically about what we're building, who's the customer, and how to best serve their needs.

Shotput'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Shotput, Summer 2015 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Shotput

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI and robotics that automate logistics tasks

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

Shotput builds software that automates logistics operations for e-commerce companies. Our product uses AI and robotics to optimize shipping routes, predict customer demand, and reduce shipping and material costs to get products delivered faster and on time.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and the company is based there, with some remote contributors.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland gives us access to the Bay Area tech community and logistics companies nearby, which helps us build relationships and iterate quickly. Remote work lets us stay flexible.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, Shotput şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, Shotput'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. Shotput gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.