VotingWorks YC 申请

Winter 2019Active

VotingWorks 在 Winter 2019 批次的 Y Combinator 中作为一家 Government 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: Winter 2019
行业: Government
团队规模: 18
状态: Active
已发布: 2018

创始人

Ben AdidaFounder

VotingWorks 做什么

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 Their technology is outdated, their source code proprietary and their security vulnerabilities - described in detail by the security community over many years - are left unpatched.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.

VotingWorks 的 YC 申请，重建版

Y Combinator 申请

VotingWorks，Winter 2019 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

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We build open-source voting machines using off-the-shelf hardware and modern product engineering to replace outdated, insecure proprietary systems used in US elections.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.

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

VotingWorks 是哪个 YC 批次的？

VotingWorks 是 Y Combinator Winter 2019 批次的成员。

谁创立了 VotingWorks？

VotingWorks 由 Ben Adida 创立。

VotingWorks 做什么？

Non-profit building open-source voting machines for US elections.

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 VotingWorks 的完整 26 个问题的版本，以及其他所有 YC 批次的公司信息。