Paneau
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Paneau was a San Francisco advertising startup in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch, founded by Alec Fong and Nader Khalil. It installed interactive tablets inside Uber and Lyft vehicles so businesses could advertise directly to riders: the captive audience could interact, make purchases, or even re-route the car, with targeting by location, time and event. The 7-person team raised $150K in March 2020.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- YC and funding
Paneau joined Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch and raised $150K in March 2020 for its in-ride advertising tablets.
- Status
Y Combinator lists Paneau as Inactive. No public record of a shutdown announcement, acquisition or other outcome event was found.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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