Orbiter
DefunctYC W20San Francisco, US Β· Founded 2020 Β· 3 employees Β· 2 known investors
Orbiter provides machine learning-based monitoring that watches business metrics and notifies users of unusual changes, with quick deployment requiring only database access credentials.
Also known as In Good Company Β· Orbiter (by In Good Company) Β· Orbiter (YC W20)
Founders & leadershipΒ· Y Combinator alumni (W20)
Orbiter was founded in 2020 by Mark Wai, Victor Zhang, and Winston Zhang.
Board
Investors Β· 2
Reported raises Β· per SEC filings
Form D private placementsβΆ$3MofferedFeb 2014 Β· Other TechnologyRule 506(c)
- Beth KuthenreutherDirector
- Lenny M PelifanDirector
- Susan StewartExecutive Officer, Director
- Gregory StewartExecutive Officer, Director
- Joseph SeboExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Minimum investment
- $3K
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2012
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Orbiter was a San Francisco-based machine learning company that built automated monitoring for business metrics. Its models analyzed customer data continuously to detect abnormal drops or spikes in metrics, then attempted to diagnose the cause and alert the relevant team, with the stated goal of preventing revenue- or user-impacting issues from going unnoticed.
The product was delivered as a low-code web application. Onboarding was described as taking under five minutes and requiring only database credentials, connected in the same manner as modern business intelligence tools, so that no engineering work was needed. Public directories categorize the company under analytics, data, database, machine learning and developer tools.
The company was founded in 2020, went through Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch, and had a team of three. It is listed as inactive by Y Combinator and closed by aVenture.
Founding story
Sources identify three founders β Winston Zhang, Victor Zhang and Mark Wai β who founded the company in 2020 and took it through Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. Founder backgrounds listed by Y Combinator include growth roles at Tesla and Facebook (Mark Wai) and product management at DoorDash (Winston Zhang).
Business model
B2B SaaS: a low-code web application that companies connect to their existing databases, marketed as requiring no engineering resources to deploy. Y Combinator categorizes the company as SaaS and B2B.
Not stated in the available sources beyond the description of the offering as a B2B SaaS web application.
Traction
Public directories record a team size of three and an employee range of 1-10, along with small follower and mention counts; no customer, usage or revenue metrics are disclosed.
Latest developments
The most recent activity recorded in the sources is March 2020, coinciding with the Y Combinator W20 Demo Day. Y Combinator lists the company as Inactive and aVenture lists it as Closed. The getorbiter.com domain now serves unrelated online-gambling affiliate content rather than company material.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
A small, early-stage Y Combinator Winter 2020 company in the metric-monitoring and anomaly-detection segment of business analytics; the sources provide no market share, revenue or customer figures.
Sources emphasize speed and simplicity of deployment β setup in about five minutes with only database credentials and no engineering required β plus automated diagnosis of detected anomalies rather than alerting alone.
Technology
Machine learning models that analyze connected data sources 24/7 to detect abnormal drops or spikes in business metrics, automatically diagnose them and issue alerts, exposed through a low-code web application that connects directly to a customer's database.
Go-to-market
Self-serve style onboarding through a web application aimed at any company able to supply database credentials; the company gained visibility through the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch and Demo Day coverage.
Companies that want to monitor revenue- and user-related business metrics; positioned as usable by any company with a database, without engineering support.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, with an address listed at 965 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
History
Orbiter was founded in 2020 and participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch, appearing in coverage of the W20 Demo Day on 17 March 2020, an event Y Combinator restructured away from its usual two-day in-person San Francisco format because of COVID-19 concerns. Public directories record the company's last recorded activity as March 2020. Y Combinator's company page lists Orbiter's status as Inactive and refers to Mark Wai, Victor Zhang and Winston Zhang as "Former Founders"; aVenture likewise labels the company "Closed." Founder profiles indicate subsequent activity elsewhere: Mark Wai is building Polished, while Victor Zhang and Winston Zhang co-founded Cega, described as acquired.
Risks & controversies
The company is no longer operating according to Y Combinator (Inactive) and aVenture (Closed), and no funding amounts or traction metrics are disclosed. The former company domain, getorbiter.com, now hosts unrelated online casino affiliate content, which complicates verification. Several similarly named entities β Orbiter Finance, a Singapore-based cross-rollup blockchain bridge, and Orbit Technologies Ltd, an Israeli satellite communications maker acquired by Kratos β are distinct companies and were excluded from this profile.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources β announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Timeline Β· 2
launches, deals, and filingsOrbiter was included in press coverage listing companies presenting at Y Combinator's W20 Demo Day, which was held in an altered format due to COVID-19 concerns.
Y Combinator's company directory lists Orbiter's status as Inactive, and aVenture lists the company as Closed.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
βΈResearch sources Β· 8
primary sources listed
- Orbitergetorbiter.com Β· web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Orbiter do?
- Orbiter was a YC W20 San Francisco startup whose ML models monitored business metrics and alerted teams to anomalies.
- Who founded Orbiter?
- Orbiter was founded by Mark Wai, Victor Zhang, Winston Zhang in 2020.
- Who are Orbiter's investors?
- Orbiter's investors include Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management.
- Where is Orbiter headquartered?
- Orbiter is headquartered in San Francisco, US.