ThirdLayer operates out of a live/work-zoned loft that was previously occupied by another Y Combinator startup. Their landlord, it turned out, was their investor. The desks and kitchen are on the main floor; up and down the stairs, you’ll find beds.
In the kitchen, the sink was full of dishes because everyone likes to “sit and work” and not “do chores,” per 22-year-old cofounder Regina Lin. They have plastic utensils and rarely cook.
“This stack of ramen used to be a lot bigger,” Lin said, pointing to a tower of different instant noodle brands. “It was very high.”
Next to the kitchen is their common area, where they film social videos, store their prop gimmicks, and often house overnight guests. Lin said that she sleeps there from 4 to 7 a.m., “and then I escape to my bedroom before anyone in the morning comes and sees me passed out there.”
The floor is filled with standing desks. Lin’s desk is littered with Blue Bottle cups; she said that she usually has at least four. Affixed to one desk is a bed for their cat, Tobi. Lin thought a cat would be “good for company culture.”
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