Turning Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A tool that simplifies the process of turning a Kindle book into an audiobook.

575

2 years ago

A machine-learning based platform that can predict the likelihood of you turning into a customer by looking at your behavior on other sites.

407

2 years ago

This is a startup that aims to help entrepreneurs raise money by turning to friends and family for loans.

165

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their coffee orders online. It’s free to use for customers, but the company hopes to make money by turning the system into a recurring subscription.

157

1 year ago

A company that helps people find and sell their old HDTVs, turning them into augmented reality products.

154

3 years ago

A visual tool for turning product prototypes into wireframes for developers.

153

3 years ago

A group of designers who create custom UI/UX mockups for companies, turning their ideas into real product or website designs.

146

3 years ago

A location-based service for turning people into mobile baristas

146

3 years ago

A software company that makes it easy for organizations to save energy with their buildings, turning off lights when the room isn’t needed and using the heat generated by other machines.

145

3 years ago

A startup that helps you repurpose your personal photos and videos by turning them into memes, gifs, or even videos

145

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to create a “move” between friends, effectively turning a video call into a video-text-chat.

142

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for turning the data generated from social media posts into leads, and then pushing that data out to sales teams.

131

2 years ago

The following startups are no longer in YC but will be returning for the 11th batch in June:

123

3 years ago

A startup to help people make money by turning their run-down car into

120

2 years ago

A 4-year-old company that makes a programmable, connected-home appliance that can be programmed to do things from turning the AC off and on to turning lights on and off to listening to music and turning the TV on and off. The company has raised $7.3 million in funding.

113

1 month ago

An API that helps you pull out “the best parts of your conversations” by pulling out the best quotes from a conversation, and returning those quotes. The startup helps you easily pull out the best quotes with information about the conversation such as when it happened, who was in the conversation, and more.

110

2 years ago

A company that aims to create a unified market for global enterprises to buy and sell global inventory. The startup is taking a basic model of eBay for sourcing global products and turning them into a full-service marketplace.

104

2 years ago

A platform that lets anyone run a small business by turning their home into a co-working space.

97

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to make local videos, and then sell them to advertisers, essentially turning them into a YouTube-style video creator.

94

2 years ago

A startup that is building a smart home system for the elderly. The system is designed for seniors who need assistance with tasks like opening doors and turning lights on and off.

92

2 years ago

A tool for turning large images into small GIFs that can be shared on social media.

92

2 years ago

A software company focused on creating web-based tools for managing the logistics of turning raw materials into finished products.

89

1 year ago

A bike-sharing program, with docking stations located in neighborhoods, and users renting and returning bikes at their homes.

87

8 months ago

A startup that makes it easier to turn physical products into digital ones, turning physical products that could be easily replicated into ones that are harder to duplicate.

83

2 years ago

A company that provides indoor voice commands for Amazon Echo or Echo Dot in the home, including turning on and off lights, opening doors, and playing music.

81

2 years ago

A startup that helps merchants manage the process of returning items. This startup is run by CFOs for major retailers.

81

2 years ago

A tool to help nonprofits create their own call-to-action campaigns, by turning their event pages into a call-to-action page.

79

10 months ago

Next Jump is building a platform that allows consumers to sell their e-waste, turning it into a material that can be made into keychains, necklaces, and other products.

73

4 months ago

A student loan company that aims to help students avoid debt by offering them a variety of options for dealing with their loans. The startup says that more and more students are turning to it to help them pay off their loans, with its average customer paying off their loans after five months.

71

1 month ago

A startup that simplifies the hiring process for human resource departments, making it easier to track applications and turning HR into a more nimble, responsive organization.

69

1 year ago

A tool for turning text into GIFs and other image-based images, and also for sharing GIFs and images.

67

1 year ago

A platform for organizing and tracking group rides. The company is also working on its own app, but it’s working on turning volunteers into drivers to spur growth.

66

1 year ago

A 3D app that allows users to scan and digitize old books, turning them into searchable, accessible PDFs.

65

2 years ago

This startup wants to take the pain out of the process of creating a resume for a job, turning college transcripts into a resume that can be shared across the internet.

62

2 years ago

One of the most popular products on Slack is the “Giphy Bot.” The bot allows users to search for GIFs, which are the popular Internet meme, and add them to their Slack conversations. Giphy is working on turning the bot into an actual application and is launching it in Slack users’ Slack-ified app stores.

61

1 year ago

A platform for recruiting external developers and designers, with a focus on turning work out quickly without the time and costs of traditional recruiting processes.

59

7 months ago

A company that specializes in turning 3D data into 2D maps for real estate clients.

57

1 year ago

A Milwaukee startup that’s building a platform to help firms like Lyft and Uber make sense of the data they’re collecting on their customers. It’s a tool for taking real-time information and turning it into data models and visualizations.

52

1 year ago

A startup that helps companies test their messaging to ensure they’re turning customers into customers. A/B testing and analytics firm.

52

3 years ago

Idea: A home security company that is turning your door into a touchscreen

51

1 year ago

A way for companies to use the internet of things to automate small tasks around their buildings, like turning the lights on and off.

50

1 year ago

A company that helps people find the people they want to hire, turning job boards into a place where people can express interest in a job rather than looking through disparate listings.

49

5 months ago

This startup is building a way to make recycling food waste a more efficient process. It’s taking waste materials like potato peels and turning them into a drinkable, nutritionally-rich, high-protein powder.

31

4 months ago

A tool for turning unstructured and unclassifiable video into human-readable text.

29

2 months ago

A hardware company that makes a series of IoT products for monitoring sensor data, connecting to the cloud, and turning that data into analytics.

24

2 months ago

A tool for taking mobile and desktop screens and turning them into a single image for sharing.

19

3 years ago

Idea: Startup that has built a toolkit for turning any website into a chatbot The startup wants to take the friction out of building bots by providing a visual interface and developer tools

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup for turning your apartment into a hotel. It allows hosts to rent out rooms via a smartphone app, and comes with features like cleaning, check-in, and flexible cancellations. It’s currently free for hosts, and makes money through a 7% cut from bookings.

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Turning Startup Ideas

A tool that simplifies the process of turning a Kindle book into an audiobook.

A machine-learning based platform that can predict the likelihood of you turning into a customer by looking at your behavior on other sites.

This is a startup that aims to help entrepreneurs raise money by turning to friends and family for loans.

A platform that helps small businesses manage their coffee orders online. It’s free to use for customers, but the company hopes to make money by turning the system into a recurring subscription.

A company that helps people find and sell their old HDTVs, turning them into augmented reality products.

A visual tool for turning product prototypes into wireframes for developers.

A group of designers who create custom UI/UX mockups for companies, turning their ideas into real product or website designs.

A location-based service for turning people into mobile baristas

A software company that makes it easy for organizations to save energy with their buildings, turning off lights when the room isn’t needed and using the heat generated by other machines.

A startup that helps you repurpose your personal photos and videos by turning them into memes, gifs, or even videos

A startup that allows you to create a “move” between friends, effectively turning a video call into a video-text-chat.

This startup is building a platform for turning the data generated from social media posts into leads, and then pushing that data out to sales teams.

The following startups are no longer in YC but will be returning for the 11th batch in June:

A startup to help people make money by turning their run-down car into

A 4-year-old company that makes a programmable, connected-home appliance that can be programmed to do things from turning the AC off and on to turning lights on and off to listening to music and turning the TV on and off. The company has raised $7.3 million in funding.

A company that aims to create a unified market for global enterprises to buy and sell global inventory. The startup is taking a basic model of eBay for sourcing global products and turning them into a full-service marketplace.

A platform that lets anyone run a small business by turning their home into a co-working space.

A startup that allows people to make local videos, and then sell them to advertisers, essentially turning them into a YouTube-style video creator.

A startup that is building a smart home system for the elderly. The system is designed for seniors who need assistance with tasks like opening doors and turning lights on and off.

A tool for turning large images into small GIFs that can be shared on social media.

A software company focused on creating web-based tools for managing the logistics of turning raw materials into finished products.

A bike-sharing program, with docking stations located in neighborhoods, and users renting and returning bikes at their homes.

A startup that makes it easier to turn physical products into digital ones, turning physical products that could be easily replicated into ones that are harder to duplicate.

A company that provides indoor voice commands for Amazon Echo or Echo Dot in the home, including turning on and off lights, opening doors, and playing music.

A startup that helps merchants manage the process of returning items. This startup is run by CFOs for major retailers.

A tool to help nonprofits create their own call-to-action campaigns, by turning their event pages into a call-to-action page.

Next Jump is building a platform that allows consumers to sell their e-waste, turning it into a material that can be made into keychains, necklaces, and other products.

A student loan company that aims to help students avoid debt by offering them a variety of options for dealing with their loans. The startup says that more and more students are turning to it to help them pay off their loans, with its average customer paying off their loans after five months.

A startup that simplifies the hiring process for human resource departments, making it easier to track applications and turning HR into a more nimble, responsive organization.

A tool for turning text into GIFs and other image-based images, and also for sharing GIFs and images.

A platform for organizing and tracking group rides. The company is also working on its own app, but it’s working on turning volunteers into drivers to spur growth.

A 3D app that allows users to scan and digitize old books, turning them into searchable, accessible PDFs.

This startup wants to take the pain out of the process of creating a resume for a job, turning college transcripts into a resume that can be shared across the internet.

A platform for recruiting external developers and designers, with a focus on turning work out quickly without the time and costs of traditional recruiting processes.

A company that specializes in turning 3D data into 2D maps for real estate clients.

A Milwaukee startup that’s building a platform to help firms like Lyft and Uber make sense of the data they’re collecting on their customers. It’s a tool for taking real-time information and turning it into data models and visualizations.

A startup that helps companies test their messaging to ensure they’re turning customers into customers. A/B testing and analytics firm.

Idea: A home security company that is turning your door into a touchscreen

A way for companies to use the internet of things to automate small tasks around their buildings, like turning the lights on and off.

A company that helps people find the people they want to hire, turning job boards into a place where people can express interest in a job rather than looking through disparate listings.

This startup is building a way to make recycling food waste a more efficient process. It’s taking waste materials like potato peels and turning them into a drinkable, nutritionally-rich, high-protein powder.

A tool for turning unstructured and unclassifiable video into human-readable text.

A hardware company that makes a series of IoT products for monitoring sensor data, connecting to the cloud, and turning that data into analytics.

A tool for taking mobile and desktop screens and turning them into a single image for sharing.

Idea: Startup that has built a toolkit for turning any website into a chatbot The startup wants to take the friction out of building bots by providing a visual interface and developer tools

Idea: A startup for turning your apartment into a hotel. It allows hosts to rent out rooms via a smartphone app, and comes with features like cleaning, check-in, and flexible cancellations. It’s currently free for hosts, and makes money through a 7% cut from bookings.