The Athletic YC 申请

Summer 2016Acquired

The Athletic 在 Summer 2016 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: Summer 2016
行业: ConsumerContent
团队规模: 600
状态: Acquired
已发布: 2016

创始人

Alex MatherFounder/CEO
Adam HansmannFounder/COO

The Athletic 做什么

The Athletic is a direct-to-consumer digital sports media company committed to helping subscribers experience storytelling in a whole new way. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Athletic has over 600 full-time employees and covers more than 250 professional sports and collegiate teams in the US, Canada and the UK. The Athletic’s newsroom has produced thousands of in-depth articles along with more than 120 podcasts and premium video content. The Athletic is a remote-friendly company as we have offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne.

The Athletic 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

The Athletic，Summer 2016 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

The Athletic

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Subscription sports media.

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

We build The Athletic, a subscription-based sports media platform delivering in-depth stories and coverage of professional and college sports teams. It's aimed at fans frustrated with superficial coverage, offering detailed, well-reported journalism and exclusive podcasts and video.

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

We live in San Francisco, and the company is based there with remote offices in Los Angeles, London, and Melbourne.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent and media connections we need. Our remote model lets us cover teams in the US, Canada, and UK effectively.

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 The Athletic 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 The Athletic 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 The Athletic 这样的公司会如何向 YC 自我介绍，而不是他们提交的文本。

The Athletic 是哪个 YC 批次的？

The Athletic 是 Y Combinator Summer 2016 批次的成员。

谁创立了 The Athletic？

The Athletic 由 Alex Mather, Adam Hansmann 创立。

The Athletic 做什么？