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Hoss (YC W20) — The developer experience platform

Hoss is a developer experience platform that gives teams the essential tools they need to deliver a world-class customer experience. API-driven companies like Xendit, AssemblyAI, and Zentail trust Hoss to help them better acquire, understand, and support their customers.

Hoss is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The developer experience platform. The founders listed are Cameron Cooper (Founder), Trung Vu (Founder), Matt Hawkins (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, February 18, 2020).

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Hoss

New accelerator entry · 2020-02-18 · the record

Winter 2020
batch
3
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2020
Announced2020-02-18
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size3
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsDeveloper Tools, SaaS, B2B
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedAustin, TX, USA; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://hoss.com
Founded2019
Previously known asapitracker

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Hoss is a developer experience platform that gives teams the essential tools they need to deliver a world-class customer experience. API-driven companies like Xendit, AssemblyAI, and Zentail trust Hoss to help them better acquire, understand, and support their customers. With Hoss, teams can offer superior documentation and developer content, gain deep visibility into how customers are using their API, monitoring third-party APIs, and provide robust and customizable developer dashboards. Hoss is backed by top investors like Y Combinator, Liquid2, FundersClub, and Soma Capital.

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