Created at 2023-01-13 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 2023-01-13 Commit: 0 # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # YC companies descriptions **Airbnb** - Book accommodations around the world **DoorDash** - Restaurant delivery **Coinbase** - Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies **Dropbox** - Backup and share files in the cloud **GitLab** - A complete DevOps platform delivered as a single application **Ginkgo Bioworks** - Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer **PagerDuty** - Real-time visibility into critical apps and services all in one place **Amplitude** - Digital Analytics Platform **MatterPort** - Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds **Rigetti Computing** - Quantum coherent supercomputing **Pardes Biosciences** - We break viruses **Momentus** - The space infrastructure services company **Presto** - Digital meets physical for big chain restaurants **Stripe** - Payments infrastructure for the internet **Instacart** - Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup **Cruise** - Self-driving cars Some other examples of great companies description **Shopify**: An ecommerce platform that enables merchants to easily set up an online store and sell their products. **Zoom**: Video conferencing and collaboration platform that helps businesses and organizations stay connected. **Slack**: A cloud-based collaboration platform that helps teams stay connected and organized. **Twilio**: Cloud communications platform that enables developers to build and deploy powerful voice, messaging, and video applications. **Netflix**: A streaming service that offers a wide variety of movies, TV shows, and documentaries. **DocuSign**: A cloud-based eSignature solution that helps organizations securely collect and manage electronic signatures. **Uber**: A ride-sharing platform that connects riders with drivers in cities around the world. **Adobe**: A software company that provides digital marketing, design, and publishing solutions. **Square**: A financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company. **Salesforce**: A cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution that helps businesses connect with customers, partners, and prospects. **Amazon Web Services**: A cloud computing platform that provides customers with access to a wide range of services, including storage, computing, database, and more. ## What is your company going to make? https://www.perplexity.ai/search/c43b00cf-4b2b-4b73-91ae-005defe0a04f?s=c Here are some examples of how YC companies have answered the question "What is your company going to make?" in their applications: 1. Dendron (W21): Dendron is a hierarchical note-taking tool that helps developers manage and share their knowledge more effectively. It aims to make it easier for developers to organize, find, and collaborate on information in a structured way[1]. 2. Headlight (YC Alum): Headlight is a platform that helps companies identify and hire top talent by focusing on performance-based assessments rather than traditional resumes and interviews. The platform enables employers to create customized assessments that measure job-specific skills and competencies, allowing them to make more informed hiring decisions[1]. It's important to note that when answering this question, companies should be clear and concise, avoiding jargon and buzzwords. As Paul Graham, Co-Founder & Partner at Y Combinator, suggests, "Explain it like you would to your grandmother"[1]. The average answer length for this question is around 110 words[5]. Keep the answer simple and direct, as you will not be accepted based solely on this answer[7]. Citations: [1] https://shizune.co/yc-application-examples/what-is-your-company-going-to-make [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5358123 [3] https://www.basedash.com/blog/how-to-write-a-successful-yc-application [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31602355 [5] https://standuply.com/blog/yc-application-advice/ [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32555533 [7] https://medium.com/@zreitano/the-yc-application-broken-down-and-translated-e4c0f5235081 [8] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35373019 [9] https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4b-how-to-pitch-your-company [10] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5190338 [11] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/y-combinator-application-breakdown-andguide-nick-raushenbush [12] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19185347 [13] https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/08/ycs-latest-batch-sure-was-a-lot-of-maybe-ai-can-do-this/ [14] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10397600 [15] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26556101