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YC W15 invites will be sent out today

58 points by mamoriamohit 12y ago

As the invites (or rejections) will land in 1000s of inboxes today, 3% will be seen packing their bags for the interview and others will get back to building their startups. Let's do one thing - the 97% who won't get the chance of interview will post their product's homepage and demo URL in this thread so that we all can provide crowd-feedback to them. The happier 3% are also invited to share their products/demo as well. Let's do it, then?

conorbrowne 12y ago
Sounds good. I'll come back with results later. Good luck to everyone!
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Everyone will wait for you! We wish you all the best. :)
matthewlucks 12y ago
Good luck, everybody.
sankaetp 12y ago
Any idea when they would send out invites?
- matthewlucks 12y ago
  It is my understanding that everyone gets an email, whether it is an invite or decline. Is that correct, or do they just send invites?
  - nysska 12y ago
    They send out emails with both invitations and rejections. Based on previous batches around 1AM GMT time ? At least that's what I found.
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Yes, about around 6pm PDT. That means, around 8 hours from now.
  - MelissaJawa 12y ago
    thanks!!
  - sankaetp 12y ago
    Okay thanks mamoriamohit
gholevas 12y ago
Good luck everyone!
sherm8n 12y ago
www.goodaudience.com — curate and grow the right followers on social media.
- alexyes 12y ago
  Looks cool. I'll try it out
  - sherm8n 12y ago
    Thanks! I'd appreciate any brutal and honest feedback :)
    - aliakhtar 12y ago
      I keep seeing that template where the header stays fixed and the page animates as you scroll. What's it called? Is it part of foundation?
bagofx 12y ago
Sure! Let me preempt the thread by sharing a product that most likely did not even get to Mr. Graham's desk: PyEDA is a Python library for electronic design automation. PyEDA is another option that we could work on but I had to send the idea over to Mr. Graham's public email address just a few days ago. Since it was not mentioned on our application but briefly talked about (by me and most likely to myself), is PyEDA still a legitimate candidate for this forum?
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Of course, sharing the beautiful things you have put hard work in deserves this thread.
  - bagofx 12y ago
    Great!! The docs are very well written. Lots of time and care spent on presenting the information effectively to benefit the users. Python EDA Documentation Release: 0.25.0 Date: October 21, 2014 http://pyeda.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ http://pyeda.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ I know it's hard to focus on anything right now on what seems like the judgement day... Maybe reading PyEDA will help make time fly faster? Anything feedback is greatly appreciated. This round is not over. We can help each other!!
    - alain94040 12y ago
      I have written EDA software, including some stuff that your library has. One thing that is key for EDA: tool performance. I can't imagine using Python for any of the intensive stuff like synthesis. What is your view on this?
      - bagofx 12y ago
        It's written in c.
      - cjdrake 12y ago
        PyEDA author here. I agree.
ashrevay 12y ago
Does anyone know what time the invites/rejections are usually sent out?
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  If we go by the time for last several invites, you shiuld expect it to reach in your inbox at about 6pm PDT. Please convert the time to your timezone accordingly.
  - ashrevay 12y ago
    Thanks!
bluerail 12y ago
Best of luck to everyone...
GeneSobolev 12y ago
http://inbound.li http://inbound.li - find and share better content, faster.
AhtiK 12y ago
MemGrid - https://www.memgrid.com/ https://www.memgrid.com/ CDN for web developers --- process and host static assets the easiest and fastest way possible. Just keep the files in your Dropbox folder and we automatically receive, version and invoke any file generators in the pipeline. Builds CoffeeScript, LESS, SASS, compressed JavaScript, CSS, image manipulations etc. There's also handlebars templating for full-blown static website generation. All assets are hosted at either your custom domain or at ultra-short //yourname.m7.io CDN meets real-time upload meets asset pipeline meets git meets devops :)
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  Nice idea, I could see myself using the compressed javascript / css feature. Wouldn't this be better done by focusing on git commits rather than dropbox, though? Edit: I'd rather it just minified and gzipped the files, and uploaded them to my existing storage (e.g S3) rather than setup a new CDN.
lettergram 12y ago
Synaptitude: http://synaptitude.me/ http://synaptitude.me/ Do not know if my team is accepted or not, but either way we are going forward with our idea. A way to help everyone focus and improve, especially, ADHD, depression, and anxiety without any negative side effects. Further, we accomplish this via an improved method of reviewing EEG data, which we intend to patent this winter. Hopefully, this can improve medicine overall.
- AhtiK 12y ago
  Great initiative! I tried to do somewhat similar as a hobby project -- connecting Zeo (now bankrypt) product (brain sensor) with a serial port to the computer and processing the real-time feed with python in order to provide feedback guiding to better focus or whatever the expected brainwave frequency was (deeper meditation was the other goal). In the end it was working quite well so as a technology this can work great! Working well as in being able to transition my brain state easily. In terms of focusing better -- not sure, I'm quite well focused most of the time and I wasn't sure which targets to hit with my brain :) My real goal with my hobby was more ambitious -- to use brainwave hemisphere sync technology (binaural beats) to guide brain to the expected state while monitoring the actual brain state with the sensors. Unfortunately, as with hobbies, time ran out and currently not working on it. BUT -- it could be a fun thing to think about --- using brainwave entertainment/binaural beats in sync with your sensors for maximum effect! Thoughts?
bswuft 12y ago
Paywhirl - https://www.paywhirl.com/ https://www.paywhirl.com/ Start a subscription service on your website in less than 5 minutes without needing to code. Powered by Stripe.
- danielki 12y ago
  Great idea, but seems like there's a bug on your demo page - if I click "Add Extras" before selecting a plan, I can't go back to "Select Your Plan" (clicking it doesn't work)
  - bswuft 12y ago
    Thanks for spotting that! Its fixed now!
- mubhij 12y ago
  From what I understand X-cart and Magento already address this with PayPal and quite possibly Stripe. And if you're coding your own website you might as well use Stripe's API.
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bethn 12y ago
DraftingSPACE is a website that can automatically design your next home renovation http://draftingspace.com/ http://draftingspace.com/. We're currently running a private beta of our bathroom designer, you can sign up on our homepage. Good luck everyone :).
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mkremer90 12y ago
May the odds be ever in your favor...or whatever that quote is. Good luck!
yousifa 12y ago
Best of luck to all! BTW, I think ~10% get interview invites, then ~30% of those are selected for W15
- penguin_gab 12y ago
  where did you get your stats from?
  - yousifa 12y ago
    I think I heard it at startup school, but here's another source http://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Y-Combinator-applicants-get-called-in-for-interviews http://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Y-Combinator-applica... We just got our interview email btw!! Good luck guys!!
    - mamoriamohit 12y ago
      Congrats yousifa! What's your product?
Nowaker 12y ago
VirtKick - a simple, open source cloud panel: https://www.virtkick.io/ https://www.virtkick.io/ Virtual machines and Docker containers made easy. 1-click install on a desktop or server, auto-configure hypervisors, super-usable interface. This week we're releasing a standalone alpha (almost one-click). https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick-starter https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick-starter tl;dr DigitalOcean for open source.
sashany12 12y ago
I wonder all those startups have 90% the same website. Are you guys using WP themes you customize? Or does anyone try to style home page very well? I am curious why all those startups even without 2 cofounders being technical always look so smooth and styled properly. I didn't see ugly wp home page in a while..
- penguin_gab 12y ago
  do you have examples?
  - sashany12 12y ago
    well, even in this thread all people have smooth made websites, and they didn't even apply for YC yet. Also all those companies from YC14 batch(http://yclist.com/ http://yclist.com/) - they all have websites well done even for the mobile apps. I wonder why\how. Not a single team has an ugly home page
    - anovio 12y ago
      Majority use http://www.squarespace.com http://www.squarespace.com if not that, then very similar templates.
    - pchukwura 12y ago
      There are a bunch of beautiful landing page/single page Wordpress templates specifically gear toward this stuff. http://themeforest.net http://themeforest.net has a bunch among many other places
    - bswuft 12y ago
      CSS frameworks like Zurb Foundation's and Twitter Bootstrap are pretty popular now and make it tougher to make your site look ugly. I bet that has some influence.
    - rodrigoreis22 12y ago
      Today is easier to get a beautiful template and customize it than building something ugly from scratch.
niravprajapati 12y ago
StudyBoard - "Stackoverflow for Education" Prototype - http://test.studyboard.com/studyboard/app/#/questions http://test.studyboard.com/studyboard/app/#/questions
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  stuck on loading for me, a few 404s for js files in console.
  - niravprajapati 12y ago
    I will take a look. Did you try refreshing the page?
  - niravprajapati 12y ago
    Any luck trying again? Can you please forward 404s for js files you saw? Which browser/OS were you using?
pchukwura 12y ago
Autosend - http://autosend.io http://autosend.io Behavior-driven lifecycle messaging for SaaS companies. Basically, automatically send personalized SMS, email, or push notifications to users based on what they do in your app. I'm not sure yet if we've been invited or not but either way we're still full steam ahead!
- sashany12 12y ago
  well, that's the first application (finally!) i see that it doesn't have a home page all fancy yet. Nothing's wrong with it of course. Just shocked when all other founders have time and skills to make their WP pages look so nice
  - pchukwura 12y ago
    We'll get fancy soon, but currently our focus is making the admin panel fancy and the product solid. :) For now... you're looking at developer art.
- penguin_gab 12y ago
  how do I integrate your service into my app? do I have to use API calls & is there an admin panel that's exposed?
  - pchukwura 12y ago
    A few different ways: we have no-code integration, as well as a copy & paste JavaScript snippet, and a full fledged API. There is an exposed admin panel. We are currently rebuilding the service to make it even more easier to use and robust than our previous iteration. We are just a few weeks out from reopening the doors but we'll be letting a bunch of folks use it while we build it. Our first iteration, while somewhat successful, left a lot on the table as far as the potential for the product. So we went back to the drawing board to make it even better.
    - erbecke 12y ago
      can I obtain user responses trough sms? in which countries?
penguin_gab 12y ago
OP what is your startup? curious!
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  I commented about it too. In case you cannot find, it's called Horntell. You can find more about it here: http://horntell.com http://horntell.com and see the demo here: http://demo.horntell.com http://demo.horntell.com.
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- anovio 12y ago
  Very cool! I've been interested in this area for quite some time. Here's one guy to built a hedge fund around the quantification of investor sentiment using online data (http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/money-minded-how-psychoanalyze-stock-market http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/money-minded-h...) "MarketPsych ran an audited hedge fund (MarketPsy Long-Short Fund LP) from 2008 through 2010, which beat the S&P benchmark by 25% during its lifetime."
  - seeingfurther 12y ago
    Thanks so much! I know the MarketPsych founder Richard. Great guy, super forward thinking and definitely someone we respect. He sells exclusively through TR now I believe. Under the hood we are very different cos in terms of our data and what we aim to do with it. Time will tell ;-)
    - marketmaker 12y ago
      Did you get accepted? I liked your product concept and am working on something similar. I'd like to see you succeed, one way or another.
    - seeingfurther 12y ago
      We didn't get an invite.
      - marketmaker 12y ago
        Wow. I'm honestly surprised. If I had been a YC guy, I'd have wanted to at least speak with you. On the surface, I think you guys look awesome. We should network somehow.
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erbecke 12y ago
Tambero.com - http://www.tambero.com http://www.tambero.com Helping farmers worldwide to improve their production yields based on best practices, data analytics and science information with a free cloud SaaS app.
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  I'd be surprised if you don't get an interview. Nice product.
  - erbecke 12y ago
    Thank you! I received it!
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- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Looks like a promising product. I think you'll get the invite. Good luck!
  - erbecke 12y ago
    Thank you! I received the invitation! :)
mamoriamohit 12y ago
About our own product, we are building something to help web and mobile business grow their revenue. Horntell - http://horntell.com http://horntell.com Demo - http://demo.horntell.com http://demo.horntell.com We allow businesses to automatically engage their users and turn them into champions. I think, demo should give you a fair piece of idea. What do you think about the demo, guys? Awesome? Good? Or just Eh? :) TIA
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  I closed the tab when the demo asked for a name / email. Why should I give my name / email before I know whether or not I want to use something? Nice design, though.
  - mamoriamohit 12y ago
    Oh, we didn't think it that way. But we need your name to show the personalisation capabilities and email to demonstrate you the off-site engagement. I know everyone says it, but we truly mean it when we say that we will not spam you. It is the need of demo that it requires some information to personalise the demo your way. Anyways, thanks for the feedback. We will definitely brainstorm something around it this week.
    - gholevas 12y ago
      I agree in that I would rather not give my name and email before even starting the demo. I did take the demo though by quickly putting in fake information. I'd suggest to allow the user to go through the first step or two in the demo first, and then ask for the name and email as part of the demo to demonstrate the personalization capabilities.
      - mamoriamohit 12y ago
        This is exactly what we are doing now. Thanks for the feedback though. In case you liked the demo and would like to share the real info about yourself, feel free to mail me about it. hello at horntell dot com. :)
brahnema 12y ago
Just got an interview invite! Super excited! Anyone else got one yet?
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Awesome man! Not yet, though. How does the email look like? Copy paste here?
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Would you like to share your product here? We would love to see it.
- mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
  oh my god! congratulations! what was your idea? did you submit early or late?
  - mamoriamohit 12y ago
    Even i would like to know answer to this.
- henreman 12y ago
  congrats big time!
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  brb refreshing inbox 1000 times.
  - mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
    i'm right there with you
  - mamoriamohit 12y ago
    Good luck brother.
- yousifa 12y ago
XERQ 12y ago
Do we know if application messages correlate to having a higher probability of being accepted or declined?
- deleted 12y ago
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- aliakhtar 12y ago
  Why don't you tell us your result and whether you got application messages, and may be we'll have a better idea?
bwang29 12y ago
Polarr - we try to build machines to understand human's aesthetics in photography. Polarr Box, https://www.polarr.co/box https://www.polarr.co/box Also Polarr Editor, https://www.polarr.co/editor https://www.polarr.co/editor Ya'll Photo startups, where are you?
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  It'd be interesting to see a before/after photo to see what your AI can do to a given photo.
  - bwang29 12y ago
    There you go http://streetviewphotographs.tumblr.com/ http://streetviewphotographs.tumblr.com/ (we manage the account and photos are retouched by the engine)
    - aliakhtar 12y ago
      that seems to be showing the 'after' photos, can you see a before photo somewhere, to see the difference?
      - liangx4 12y ago
        the link underneath directs you to the "before".
        aliakhtar 12y ago
        Ahh, I see. I'm curious if they're using any learning algorithms here, where the computer 'learns' how to re-touch the photos. Or if its a more simple list of rules, i.e make these colors darker / brighter.
        bwang29 12y ago
        The learning happens on the level of seeing what would a human retoucher does by using the data we gathered from the editor: https://www.polarr.co/editor https://www.polarr.co/editor
mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
compulsively refreshing
- melotones 12y ago
  same, the anticipation is killing me.
dkhatkar 12y ago
https://unravelapp.com https://unravelapp.com - Create custom content interaction using Bluetooth Low Energy beacons.
Villalvch 12y ago
Batatuá - We created a mathematical model to calculate human perception and we use it to allow people to rate companies and persons without human emotion, also we can calculate the true intelligent profile based on how (humane, innovator, directive and producer) they are and the objectivity of the ratings, with this information intelligent people will have more importance in decision making in every level. It is impossible to falsify ratings, defame, or try to favor someone, everything is real. We have a prototype/demo at www.batatua.com, registration needed. (Working in a new version a lot more easier.. haha)
- sashany12 12y ago
  another social network.... like no other network use mathematical model lol how will you solve chicken\egg problem, hah? lol
  - Villalvch 12y ago
    We got the rejection letter, but our strong side is solve problems, well we now know another way how to not to do a lightbulb.
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bradmurmz 12y ago
https://cryptrader.com https://cryptrader.com CryptoCurrency Trading Platform... Guess they aren't really as interested in Bitcoin start-ups as much as they said they were. This site is one of the top charting and trading sites in the game :/
- sashany12 12y ago
  they were interested.. but nowadays bitcoin is an old story that might never come back
- marketmaker 12y ago
  If it's any consolation, I like your site. Crypto-finance aside, I've only seen one financial technology company advertise for jobs on YC. On the surface, it just looks like YC doesn't have that much of a FinTech presence. (Outside of payments, anyway.) Since they had that "RFS" for financial services, I'm curious to see what they present from this space on demo day.
  - bradmurmz 12y ago
    Thank you... appreciated. Will be curious to see as well.
mamoriamohit 12y ago
Looks like the emails have been sent. Come one guys, keep hitting the refresh button on your inbox. Good luck everyone!
mahdi_splore 12y ago
Splore - P2P forum that emphasizes users' interests and locations. On the front of Facebook's Rooms or Reddit. Sploreapp.com Beta should be out Late 2014/Early 2015
- aliakhtar 12y ago
  result?
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- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Bulk responses using templates.
bagofx 12y ago
I got my rejection letter! It's a template.
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  What was your product? Link? Demo?
bjones53 12y ago
https://joinpod.com https://joinpod.com Pod's a group organization tool -- we're like a more functional Facebook Groups. Users organize teams around Pods and people can create tasks, schedule meetings or events, or post in forums. Demo http://youtube.com/watch?v=LY2DzXf8WwI http://youtube.com/watch?v=LY2DzXf8WwI
cgoettel 12y ago
http://thinkpacifica.com http://thinkpacifica.com Pacifica is made up of quick, engaging exercises designed to reduce anxiety over time.
houstongolden 12y ago
http://hubify.com http://hubify.com Hubify let's you create and manage safe community commerce hubs and list anything for sale, for rent, for hire, and post part-time jobs. Solo-founder with a pre-launch project that was not invited to interview. Not surprised, but I don't regret applying. 200 days to progress and make a much better case for the next batch. #rejected #craigslistkiller
- bagofx 12y ago
  Have you heard of mytag? Many start-ups are one form of craigslist or another with some flaws fixed. How is hubify different?
  - houstongolden 12y ago
    Hadn't heard of mytag, but just checked it out. Looks like a mobile only solution for selling things. Hubify is different because you can rent anything and also list services for hire and jobs. The ability to create and manage public or private hubs is unique and better suited to serve different types of local communities, college campuses, etc. We have Pinterest-style personal storefronts, user ratings/reviews, and will soon offer criminal background checks to improve safety. If you know of any other #craigslistkiller competitors, I'd love the tips. It's a real "obvious" problem, so of course there will be other startups trying to solve it in their own way. Thanks for the feedback!
    - bagofx 12y ago
      Cool. Will you eventually create an app for this? I have intimate knowledge on this subject because I was personally involved in such venture. I will say this tho... this is such a problem - tons of waste and used goods and people keep on buying. Whoever finds the holy grail to solve this has huge to gain.
Discrete 12y ago
https://bluemesh.com/ https://bluemesh.com/ Platform to map and visualize your software architecture, and see relevant data about your applications in real time in the map. Works well for individuals, but really intended to help teams collaborate. Early beta version, so please let us know what you think. There's a feedback button in the app at the top right.
mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
guys are all the results out?!
khalloud 12y ago
http://bleepmic.com http://bleepmic.com A social voice network. Gives people the ability to literally talk to each other in a townhall-like manner. Didn't get the interview but will have app out in 2 weeks. Looking forward to everyone's feedback!
RPZemsky 12y ago
Sproute: a platform for crowd-sourcing travel recommendations. First core functionality allows users to create trips and share them with friends to get input on their itinerary. So I'd send you a link like this http://sprouteit.herokuapp.com/trips/545035162f65db0800bd28ae http://sprouteit.herokuapp.com/trips/545035162f65db0800bd28a... and you can tell me where I should go. No interview, but would love to hear any feedback.
- houstongolden 12y ago
  Tried to login with Twitter and got an error. Error: Failed to find request token in session
  - RPZemsky 12y ago
    Those logins are not hooked up while we are on the development server. We will open them up with the launch of our beta. The URL I sent will allow you to post recommendations for that specific trip. I'll post an update here once the beta launches.
kcobb 12y ago
FlikNote for iOS: an app that recreates the passing notes in class experience. Quite simply the most fun and creative messaging app. Multiple photos, colored text and website links, and self-drawing received doodles! FlikNote is The Social Notework® http://fliknote.com/ http://fliknote.com/
jtyner 12y ago
I got rejected. The site is a music training site utilizing the WebMidi Api for midi input. http://musicians-u.com http://musicians-u.com Also launched an indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/musicians-u--2/x/8990541 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/musicians-u--2/x/8990541
onesociety 12y ago
I got rejected. My company, One Society, is a network of socially conscious people focused on living and giving the most they can every day. Think of One Society as the Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter of philanthropy. http://www.one-society.com http://www.one-society.com http://www.one-society.com/demo http://www.one-society.com/demo Any feedback would be most appreciated. :)
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mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
have they sent out all the invitations/rejections already?
mubhij 12y ago
Got rejected. Am a lone founder. They watched my video for the full time so I have that going for me. My website's front page wasn't pretty at all so that probably worked against me.
- erbecke 12y ago
  but... what is your project about? regards
binishkaspar 12y ago
http://v001.sportsup.club/ http://v001.sportsup.club/ Sportsup - A platform to build sports career and organise sports event. Its like a LinkedIn for athletes, clubs and teams but much more detail of sport, stats and events. API to connect with Wearables and Health Kit. Helps players to discover new teams, matches and clubs. Premium users gets - detailed player statistics, deep search, finding sponsors. Sponsors can use this platform to evaluate a team, player or club.
edouardpetit 12y ago
http://bunkr.me/ http://bunkr.me/ Bunkr is the best tool on the web to present your ideas in seconds. We believe that data is the core of any presentation and that you should not waste time on the layout/design. Any feedback would be most appreciated. Good luck for the 3%!
nyddle 12y ago
https://whathaveidone.today https://whathaveidone.today Automated time tracking for Google Drive. (rejected)

58 points by mamoriamohit 12y ago

conorbrowne 12y ago

Sounds good. I'll come back with results later. Good luck to everyone!

mamoriamohit 12y ago
Everyone will wait for you! We wish you all the best. :)

matthewlucks 12y ago

Good luck, everybody.

sankaetp 12y ago

Any idea when they would send out invites?

matthewlucks 12y ago
It is my understanding that everyone gets an email, whether it is an invite or decline. Is that correct, or do they just send invites?
- nysska 12y ago
  They send out emails with both invitations and rejections. Based on previous batches around 1AM GMT time ? At least that's what I found.
mamoriamohit 12y ago
Yes, about around 6pm PDT. That means, around 8 hours from now.
- MelissaJawa 12y ago
  thanks!!
- sankaetp 12y ago
  Okay thanks mamoriamohit

gholevas 12y ago

Good luck everyone!

sherm8n 12y ago

www.goodaudience.com — curate and grow the right followers on social media.

alexyes 12y ago
Looks cool. I'll try it out
- sherm8n 12y ago
  Thanks! I'd appreciate any brutal and honest feedback :)
  - aliakhtar 12y ago
    I keep seeing that template where the header stays fixed and the page animates as you scroll. What's it called? Is it part of foundation?

bagofx 12y ago

Sure! Let me preempt the thread by sharing a product that most likely did not even get to Mr. Graham's desk: PyEDA is a Python library for electronic design automation. PyEDA is another option that we could work on but I had to send the idea over to Mr. Graham's public email address just a few days ago. Since it was not mentioned on our application but briefly talked about (by me and most likely to myself), is PyEDA still a legitimate candidate for this forum?

mamoriamohit 12y ago
Of course, sharing the beautiful things you have put hard work in deserves this thread.
- bagofx 12y ago
  Great!! The docs are very well written. Lots of time and care spent on presenting the information effectively to benefit the users. Python EDA Documentation Release: 0.25.0 Date: October 21, 2014 http://pyeda.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ http://pyeda.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ I know it's hard to focus on anything right now on what seems like the judgement day... Maybe reading PyEDA will help make time fly faster? Anything feedback is greatly appreciated. This round is not over. We can help each other!!
  - alain94040 12y ago
    I have written EDA software, including some stuff that your library has. One thing that is key for EDA: tool performance. I can't imagine using Python for any of the intensive stuff like synthesis. What is your view on this?
    - bagofx 12y ago
      It's written in c.
    - cjdrake 12y ago
      PyEDA author here. I agree.

ashrevay 12y ago

Does anyone know what time the invites/rejections are usually sent out?

mamoriamohit 12y ago
If we go by the time for last several invites, you shiuld expect it to reach in your inbox at about 6pm PDT. Please convert the time to your timezone accordingly.
- ashrevay 12y ago
  Thanks!

bluerail 12y ago

Best of luck to everyone...

GeneSobolev 12y ago

http://inbound.li http://inbound.li - find and share better content, faster.

AhtiK 12y ago

MemGrid - https://www.memgrid.com/ https://www.memgrid.com/ CDN for web developers --- process and host static assets the easiest and fastest way possible. Just keep the files in your Dropbox folder and we automatically receive, version and invoke any file generators in the pipeline. Builds CoffeeScript, LESS, SASS, compressed JavaScript, CSS, image manipulations etc. There's also handlebars templating for full-blown static website generation. All assets are hosted at either your custom domain or at ultra-short //yourname.m7.io CDN meets real-time upload meets asset pipeline meets git meets devops :)

aliakhtar 12y ago
Nice idea, I could see myself using the compressed javascript / css feature. Wouldn't this be better done by focusing on git commits rather than dropbox, though? Edit: I'd rather it just minified and gzipped the files, and uploaded them to my existing storage (e.g S3) rather than setup a new CDN.

lettergram 12y ago

Synaptitude: http://synaptitude.me/ http://synaptitude.me/ Do not know if my team is accepted or not, but either way we are going forward with our idea. A way to help everyone focus and improve, especially, ADHD, depression, and anxiety without any negative side effects. Further, we accomplish this via an improved method of reviewing EEG data, which we intend to patent this winter. Hopefully, this can improve medicine overall.

AhtiK 12y ago
Great initiative! I tried to do somewhat similar as a hobby project -- connecting Zeo (now bankrypt) product (brain sensor) with a serial port to the computer and processing the real-time feed with python in order to provide feedback guiding to better focus or whatever the expected brainwave frequency was (deeper meditation was the other goal). In the end it was working quite well so as a technology this can work great! Working well as in being able to transition my brain state easily. In terms of focusing better -- not sure, I'm quite well focused most of the time and I wasn't sure which targets to hit with my brain :) My real goal with my hobby was more ambitious -- to use brainwave hemisphere sync technology (binaural beats) to guide brain to the expected state while monitoring the actual brain state with the sensors. Unfortunately, as with hobbies, time ran out and currently not working on it. BUT -- it could be a fun thing to think about --- using brainwave entertainment/binaural beats in sync with your sensors for maximum effect! Thoughts?

bswuft 12y ago

Paywhirl - https://www.paywhirl.com/ https://www.paywhirl.com/ Start a subscription service on your website in less than 5 minutes without needing to code. Powered by Stripe.

danielki 12y ago
Great idea, but seems like there's a bug on your demo page - if I click "Add Extras" before selecting a plan, I can't go back to "Select Your Plan" (clicking it doesn't work)
- bswuft 12y ago
  Thanks for spotting that! Its fixed now!
mubhij 12y ago
From what I understand X-cart and Magento already address this with PayPal and quite possibly Stripe. And if you're coding your own website you might as well use Stripe's API.
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bethn 12y ago

DraftingSPACE is a website that can automatically design your next home renovation http://draftingspace.com/ http://draftingspace.com/. We're currently running a private beta of our bathroom designer, you can sign up on our homepage. Good luck everyone :).

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mkremer90 12y ago

May the odds be ever in your favor...or whatever that quote is. Good luck!

yousifa 12y ago

Best of luck to all! BTW, I think ~10% get interview invites, then ~30% of those are selected for W15

penguin_gab 12y ago
where did you get your stats from?
- yousifa 12y ago
  I think I heard it at startup school, but here's another source http://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Y-Combinator-applicants-get-called-in-for-interviews http://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-Y-Combinator-applica... We just got our interview email btw!! Good luck guys!!
  - mamoriamohit 12y ago
    Congrats yousifa! What's your product?

Nowaker 12y ago

VirtKick - a simple, open source cloud panel: https://www.virtkick.io/ https://www.virtkick.io/ Virtual machines and Docker containers made easy. 1-click install on a desktop or server, auto-configure hypervisors, super-usable interface. This week we're releasing a standalone alpha (almost one-click). https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick-starter https://github.com/virtkick/virtkick-starter tl;dr DigitalOcean for open source.

sashany12 12y ago

I wonder all those startups have 90% the same website. Are you guys using WP themes you customize? Or does anyone try to style home page very well? I am curious why all those startups even without 2 cofounders being technical always look so smooth and styled properly. I didn't see ugly wp home page in a while..

penguin_gab 12y ago
do you have examples?
- sashany12 12y ago
  well, even in this thread all people have smooth made websites, and they didn't even apply for YC yet. Also all those companies from YC14 batch(http://yclist.com/ http://yclist.com/) - they all have websites well done even for the mobile apps. I wonder why\how. Not a single team has an ugly home page
  - anovio 12y ago
    Majority use http://www.squarespace.com http://www.squarespace.com if not that, then very similar templates.
  - pchukwura 12y ago
    There are a bunch of beautiful landing page/single page Wordpress templates specifically gear toward this stuff. http://themeforest.net http://themeforest.net has a bunch among many other places
  - bswuft 12y ago
    CSS frameworks like Zurb Foundation's and Twitter Bootstrap are pretty popular now and make it tougher to make your site look ugly. I bet that has some influence.
  - rodrigoreis22 12y ago
    Today is easier to get a beautiful template and customize it than building something ugly from scratch.

niravprajapati 12y ago

StudyBoard - "Stackoverflow for Education" Prototype - http://test.studyboard.com/studyboard/app/#/questions http://test.studyboard.com/studyboard/app/#/questions

aliakhtar 12y ago
stuck on loading for me, a few 404s for js files in console.
- niravprajapati 12y ago
  I will take a look. Did you try refreshing the page?
- niravprajapati 12y ago
  Any luck trying again? Can you please forward 404s for js files you saw? Which browser/OS were you using?

pchukwura 12y ago

Autosend - http://autosend.io http://autosend.io Behavior-driven lifecycle messaging for SaaS companies. Basically, automatically send personalized SMS, email, or push notifications to users based on what they do in your app. I'm not sure yet if we've been invited or not but either way we're still full steam ahead!

sashany12 12y ago
well, that's the first application (finally!) i see that it doesn't have a home page all fancy yet. Nothing's wrong with it of course. Just shocked when all other founders have time and skills to make their WP pages look so nice
- pchukwura 12y ago
  We'll get fancy soon, but currently our focus is making the admin panel fancy and the product solid. :) For now... you're looking at developer art.
penguin_gab 12y ago
how do I integrate your service into my app? do I have to use API calls & is there an admin panel that's exposed?
- pchukwura 12y ago
  A few different ways: we have no-code integration, as well as a copy & paste JavaScript snippet, and a full fledged API. There is an exposed admin panel. We are currently rebuilding the service to make it even more easier to use and robust than our previous iteration. We are just a few weeks out from reopening the doors but we'll be letting a bunch of folks use it while we build it. Our first iteration, while somewhat successful, left a lot on the table as far as the potential for the product. So we went back to the drawing board to make it even better.
  - erbecke 12y ago
    can I obtain user responses trough sms? in which countries?

penguin_gab 12y ago

OP what is your startup? curious!

mamoriamohit 12y ago
I commented about it too. In case you cannot find, it's called Horntell. You can find more about it here: http://horntell.com http://horntell.com and see the demo here: http://demo.horntell.com http://demo.horntell.com.

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anovio 12y ago
Very cool! I've been interested in this area for quite some time. Here's one guy to built a hedge fund around the quantification of investor sentiment using online data (http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/money-minded-how-psychoanalyze-stock-market http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/money-minded-h...) "MarketPsych ran an audited hedge fund (MarketPsy Long-Short Fund LP) from 2008 through 2010, which beat the S&P benchmark by 25% during its lifetime."
- seeingfurther 12y ago
  Thanks so much! I know the MarketPsych founder Richard. Great guy, super forward thinking and definitely someone we respect. He sells exclusively through TR now I believe. Under the hood we are very different cos in terms of our data and what we aim to do with it. Time will tell ;-)
  - marketmaker 12y ago
    Did you get accepted? I liked your product concept and am working on something similar. I'd like to see you succeed, one way or another.
  - seeingfurther 12y ago
    We didn't get an invite.
    - marketmaker 12y ago
      Wow. I'm honestly surprised. If I had been a YC guy, I'd have wanted to at least speak with you. On the surface, I think you guys look awesome. We should network somehow.

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erbecke 12y ago

Tambero.com - http://www.tambero.com http://www.tambero.com Helping farmers worldwide to improve their production yields based on best practices, data analytics and science information with a free cloud SaaS app.

aliakhtar 12y ago
I'd be surprised if you don't get an interview. Nice product.
- erbecke 12y ago
  Thank you! I received it!
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mamoriamohit 12y ago
Looks like a promising product. I think you'll get the invite. Good luck!
- erbecke 12y ago
  Thank you! I received the invitation! :)

mamoriamohit 12y ago

About our own product, we are building something to help web and mobile business grow their revenue. Horntell - http://horntell.com http://horntell.com Demo - http://demo.horntell.com http://demo.horntell.com We allow businesses to automatically engage their users and turn them into champions. I think, demo should give you a fair piece of idea. What do you think about the demo, guys? Awesome? Good? Or just Eh? :) TIA

aliakhtar 12y ago
I closed the tab when the demo asked for a name / email. Why should I give my name / email before I know whether or not I want to use something? Nice design, though.
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Oh, we didn't think it that way. But we need your name to show the personalisation capabilities and email to demonstrate you the off-site engagement. I know everyone says it, but we truly mean it when we say that we will not spam you. It is the need of demo that it requires some information to personalise the demo your way. Anyways, thanks for the feedback. We will definitely brainstorm something around it this week.
  - gholevas 12y ago
    I agree in that I would rather not give my name and email before even starting the demo. I did take the demo though by quickly putting in fake information. I'd suggest to allow the user to go through the first step or two in the demo first, and then ask for the name and email as part of the demo to demonstrate the personalization capabilities.
    - mamoriamohit 12y ago
      This is exactly what we are doing now. Thanks for the feedback though. In case you liked the demo and would like to share the real info about yourself, feel free to mail me about it. hello at horntell dot com. :)

brahnema 12y ago

Just got an interview invite! Super excited! Anyone else got one yet?

mamoriamohit 12y ago
Awesome man! Not yet, though. How does the email look like? Copy paste here?
mamoriamohit 12y ago
Would you like to share your product here? We would love to see it.
mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
oh my god! congratulations! what was your idea? did you submit early or late?
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Even i would like to know answer to this.
henreman 12y ago
congrats big time!
aliakhtar 12y ago
brb refreshing inbox 1000 times.
- mara_gonzalez6 12y ago
  i'm right there with you
- mamoriamohit 12y ago
  Good luck brother.
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XERQ 12y ago

Do we know if application messages correlate to having a higher probability of being accepted or declined?

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aliakhtar 12y ago
Why don't you tell us your result and whether you got application messages, and may be we'll have a better idea?

bwang29 12y ago

Polarr - we try to build machines to understand human's aesthetics in photography. Polarr Box, https://www.polarr.co/box https://www.polarr.co/box Also Polarr Editor, https://www.polarr.co/editor https://www.polarr.co/editor Ya'll Photo startups, where are you?

aliakhtar 12y ago
It'd be interesting to see a before/after photo to see what your AI can do to a given photo.
- bwang29 12y ago
  There you go http://streetviewphotographs.tumblr.com/ http://streetviewphotographs.tumblr.com/ (we manage the account and photos are retouched by the engine)
  - aliakhtar 12y ago
    that seems to be showing the 'after' photos, can you see a before photo somewhere, to see the difference?
    - liangx4 12y ago
      the link underneath directs you to the "before".
      - aliakhtar 12y ago
        Ahh, I see. I'm curious if they're using any learning algorithms here, where the computer 'learns' how to re-touch the photos. Or if its a more simple list of rules, i.e make these colors darker / brighter.
        bwang29 12y ago
        The learning happens on the level of seeing what would a human retoucher does by using the data we gathered from the editor: https://www.polarr.co/editor https://www.polarr.co/editor

mara_gonzalez6 12y ago

compulsively refreshing

melotones 12y ago
same, the anticipation is killing me.

dkhatkar 12y ago

https://unravelapp.com https://unravelapp.com - Create custom content interaction using Bluetooth Low Energy beacons.

Villalvch 12y ago

Batatuá - We created a mathematical model to calculate human perception and we use it to allow people to rate companies and persons without human emotion, also we can calculate the true intelligent profile based on how (humane, innovator, directive and producer) they are and the objectivity of the ratings, with this information intelligent people will have more importance in decision making in every level. It is impossible to falsify ratings, defame, or try to favor someone, everything is real. We have a prototype/demo at www.batatua.com, registration needed. (Working in a new version a lot more easier.. haha)

sashany12 12y ago
another social network.... like no other network use mathematical model lol how will you solve chicken\egg problem, hah? lol
- Villalvch 12y ago
  We got the rejection letter, but our strong side is solve problems, well we now know another way how to not to do a lightbulb.
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bradmurmz 12y ago

https://cryptrader.com https://cryptrader.com CryptoCurrency Trading Platform... Guess they aren't really as interested in Bitcoin start-ups as much as they said they were. This site is one of the top charting and trading sites in the game :/

sashany12 12y ago
they were interested.. but nowadays bitcoin is an old story that might never come back
marketmaker 12y ago
If it's any consolation, I like your site. Crypto-finance aside, I've only seen one financial technology company advertise for jobs on YC. On the surface, it just looks like YC doesn't have that much of a FinTech presence. (Outside of payments, anyway.) Since they had that "RFS" for financial services, I'm curious to see what they present from this space on demo day.
- bradmurmz 12y ago
  Thank you... appreciated. Will be curious to see as well.

mamoriamohit 12y ago

Looks like the emails have been sent. Come one guys, keep hitting the refresh button on your inbox. Good luck everyone!

mahdi_splore 12y ago

Splore - P2P forum that emphasizes users' interests and locations. On the front of Facebook's Rooms or Reddit. Sploreapp.com Beta should be out Late 2014/Early 2015

aliakhtar 12y ago
result?

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mamoriamohit 12y ago
Bulk responses using templates.

bagofx 12y ago

I got my rejection letter! It's a template.

mamoriamohit 12y ago
What was your product? Link? Demo?

bjones53 12y ago

https://joinpod.com https://joinpod.com Pod's a group organization tool -- we're like a more functional Facebook Groups. Users organize teams around Pods and people can create tasks, schedule meetings or events, or post in forums. Demo http://youtube.com/watch?v=LY2DzXf8WwI http://youtube.com/watch?v=LY2DzXf8WwI

cgoettel 12y ago

http://thinkpacifica.com http://thinkpacifica.com Pacifica is made up of quick, engaging exercises designed to reduce anxiety over time.

houstongolden 12y ago

http://hubify.com http://hubify.com Hubify let's you create and manage safe community commerce hubs and list anything for sale, for rent, for hire, and post part-time jobs. Solo-founder with a pre-launch project that was not invited to interview. Not surprised, but I don't regret applying. 200 days to progress and make a much better case for the next batch. #rejected #craigslistkiller

bagofx 12y ago
Have you heard of mytag? Many start-ups are one form of craigslist or another with some flaws fixed. How is hubify different?
- houstongolden 12y ago
  Hadn't heard of mytag, but just checked it out. Looks like a mobile only solution for selling things. Hubify is different because you can rent anything and also list services for hire and jobs. The ability to create and manage public or private hubs is unique and better suited to serve different types of local communities, college campuses, etc. We have Pinterest-style personal storefronts, user ratings/reviews, and will soon offer criminal background checks to improve safety. If you know of any other #craigslistkiller competitors, I'd love the tips. It's a real "obvious" problem, so of course there will be other startups trying to solve it in their own way. Thanks for the feedback!
  - bagofx 12y ago
    Cool. Will you eventually create an app for this? I have intimate knowledge on this subject because I was personally involved in such venture. I will say this tho... this is such a problem - tons of waste and used goods and people keep on buying. Whoever finds the holy grail to solve this has huge to gain.

Discrete 12y ago

https://bluemesh.com/ https://bluemesh.com/ Platform to map and visualize your software architecture, and see relevant data about your applications in real time in the map. Works well for individuals, but really intended to help teams collaborate. Early beta version, so please let us know what you think. There's a feedback button in the app at the top right.

mara_gonzalez6 12y ago

guys are all the results out?!

khalloud 12y ago

http://bleepmic.com http://bleepmic.com A social voice network. Gives people the ability to literally talk to each other in a townhall-like manner. Didn't get the interview but will have app out in 2 weeks. Looking forward to everyone's feedback!

RPZemsky 12y ago

Sproute: a platform for crowd-sourcing travel recommendations. First core functionality allows users to create trips and share them with friends to get input on their itinerary. So I'd send you a link like this http://sprouteit.herokuapp.com/trips/545035162f65db0800bd28ae http://sprouteit.herokuapp.com/trips/545035162f65db0800bd28a... and you can tell me where I should go. No interview, but would love to hear any feedback.

houstongolden 12y ago
Tried to login with Twitter and got an error. Error: Failed to find request token in session
- RPZemsky 12y ago
  Those logins are not hooked up while we are on the development server. We will open them up with the launch of our beta. The URL I sent will allow you to post recommendations for that specific trip. I'll post an update here once the beta launches.

kcobb 12y ago

FlikNote for iOS: an app that recreates the passing notes in class experience. Quite simply the most fun and creative messaging app. Multiple photos, colored text and website links, and self-drawing received doodles! FlikNote is The Social Notework® http://fliknote.com/ http://fliknote.com/

jtyner 12y ago

I got rejected. The site is a music training site utilizing the WebMidi Api for midi input. http://musicians-u.com http://musicians-u.com Also launched an indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/musicians-u--2/x/8990541 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/musicians-u--2/x/8990541

onesociety 12y ago

I got rejected. My company, One Society, is a network of socially conscious people focused on living and giving the most they can every day. Think of One Society as the Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter of philanthropy. http://www.one-society.com http://www.one-society.com http://www.one-society.com/demo http://www.one-society.com/demo Any feedback would be most appreciated. :)

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mara_gonzalez6 12y ago

have they sent out all the invitations/rejections already?

mubhij 12y ago

Got rejected. Am a lone founder. They watched my video for the full time so I have that going for me. My website's front page wasn't pretty at all so that probably worked against me.

erbecke 12y ago
but... what is your project about? regards

binishkaspar 12y ago

http://v001.sportsup.club/ http://v001.sportsup.club/ Sportsup - A platform to build sports career and organise sports event. Its like a LinkedIn for athletes, clubs and teams but much more detail of sport, stats and events. API to connect with Wearables and Health Kit. Helps players to discover new teams, matches and clubs. Premium users gets - detailed player statistics, deep search, finding sponsors. Sponsors can use this platform to evaluate a team, player or club.

edouardpetit 12y ago

http://bunkr.me/ http://bunkr.me/ Bunkr is the best tool on the web to present your ideas in seconds. We believe that data is the core of any presentation and that you should not waste time on the layout/design. Any feedback would be most appreciated. Good luck for the 3%!

nyddle 12y ago

https://whathaveidone.today https://whathaveidone.today Automated time tracking for Google Drive. (rejected)