Y Combinator Winter 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1: Meet Wevorce, FlightCar, Thalmic

Wow, this definitely is the strongest looking batch in recent memory. Interesting to see a few companies in the group that are or will be competing head-on with previous YC alums.

Airware is particularly exciting. There are a lot of parallels between today's hobby UAV market and the hobby PC market of decades past.

I love Circuitlab, but "the founders estimate their market to be $500 million, because of CircuitLabs’ influence over which components the developers using the platform choose" (emphasis mine) is annoying.

Fivetran seems pretty ambitious, but it will be very cool if they can make it work.

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Post by davidw » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 9:08 PM UTC

Oh, I didn't realize Bitnami was taking part in YC. Enhorabuena, Daniel!

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Post by pisarzp » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 9:22 PM UTC

napoleond wrote: post #5

Wow, this definitely is the strongest looking batch in recent memory. Interesting to see a few companies in the group that are or will be competing head-on with previous YC alums. Airware is particularly exciting. There are a lot of parallels between today's hobby UAV market and the hobby PC market of decades past. I love Circuitlab, but "the founders estimate their market to be $500 million, because of CircuitLabs’…

Fivetran looks very cool, although I'm only worried that it's web based tool.

Advanced Excel / SPPS/ Matlab is used by professionals, who want very fast and responsive, something that is hard to replicate in web based app.

I wish them good luck though!

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Post by lifeisstillgood » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 9:27 PM UTC

I am of course preparing for the downvotes but the first two companies to me proffer the future of tech start ups.

Wevorce I really had to double check to be sure I was not reading an extended parody of the HN front page. Try saying "tech-powered standard for civilised divorce" without hearing Jon Stewart.

Then airware, already trying to turn UAVs into a app platform - UAVs are a big open frontier - but a hardware led one.

One company that is browser only - and is filling in the gaps left over from Web 1.0 and 2.0. And one that is driven by hardware. And while I cannot comment on the company- boy are they in a growth industry

I suppose I am saying that way back when, connecting the virtual to the physical was simple - music, text, video. We have taken the already connected and transformed it

Now we need to provide the connection to the physical as well as the application to drive the next generation - which means the next big waves need to come with dongles. Pycon beware.

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Post by thetrumanshow » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 9:30 PM UTC

I see 4 very strong, smartly chosen brand names in this list: wevorce, fivetran, simplyinsured, errplane. But, wevorce wins this round.

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Post by cmbaus » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 9:36 PM UTC

I think buildzoom is going to be big. I'm remodeling a condo in Florida, and it has been a nightmare to find contractors.

In fact on the flight on the way home I penciled out some ideas to improve this that aren't too different from what buildzoom is offering.

Edit: After reviewing my notes, one thing I considered was that for better or worse, a lot of the industry is under the table and transient. Maybe buildzoom will force the industry more into the open.