Candle YC 申请

Fall 2024Active

Candle 在 Fall 2024 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 Consumer 公司进行过。以下是：公司做什么、谁创立了它，以及其 YC 申请，按照真实 YC 表格逐题重建。

YC 批次: Fall 2024
行业: Consumer
团队规模: 2
状态: Active
已发布: 2024

创始人

Alex RuberCo-Founder and CEO
Parth ChopraCo-Founder and CTO

Candle 做什么

Most relationships, romantic or platonic, don’t end in one moment, they drift apart over time. Missed check-ins, surface-level conversations, busy lives, and routines replace real connection. Candle helps couples and friends stay close through 1-minute daily rituals that bring back presence, play, and curiosity. Candle gives couples and friends a daily, low-pressure game designed to create emotional momentum: the most essential, and often most neglected, ingredient in long-term connection. What started as a swipeable questions game has grown into a full platform and private space for your relationship: - Daily Prompts & Games: Thoughtful, funny, and unexpected questions, couple quizzes, audio and photo challenges that update and adapt monthly - Shared Canvas Widget: Leave notes, doodles, or drawings right on each other’s home screen - Now in beta: Date Ideas Swiping**: Get 60 curated date ideas based on your area (yes, even San Francisco:)), updated weekly. Swipe to match on what you both want to try. From pop-up events to hidden gems, it’s the easiest way to try something new together or even with friends or family! We’d love feedback here! - Streaks & Shared Progress - Build accountability and a shared rhythm - Adaptive Decks: Smarter, more relevant questions over time - Shared Photo Albums & Memories: Keep track of all your photos and logged memories

Candle 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

Candle，Fall 2024 期。来自公开数据的真实申请问题解答。

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Candle

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Helps friends and couples grow closer daily in 5 minutes

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

We make Candle, a platform that helps couples and friends stay emotionally close through daily 1-minute rituals. It started as a swipeable questions game and evolved into a richer space with daily prompts, games, shared notes and doodles, adaptive question decks, streaks, and curated date ideas. Our product focuses on building emotional momentum through low-pressure, daily interactions that many relationships miss.

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

We live and are based in San Francisco, CA, and the company will remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and work now. It's also where our initial users are and where we can best build and test new features in real life.

21 更多回答在完整申请中

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference 包含在完整版中。创建免费账户即可在 YC Insights 中打开，紧邻每个其他 YC 批次。

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常见问题解答

这是 Candle 的真实 YC 申请吗？

不是。Y Combinator 对提交的申请保密。这是重建版：使用 Candle 的公开数据（发布笔记、创始人背景、产品描述）回答真实的 YC 表格问题。它展示了像 Candle 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

Candle 是哪个 YC 批次的？

Candle 是 Y Combinator Fall 2024 批次的成员。

谁创立了 Candle？

Candle 由 Alex Ruber, Parth Chopra 创立。

Candle 做什么？

Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.

如何阅读完整的重建申请？

创建免费的 Round Funded 账户。YC Insights 中包含 Candle 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。