Airo Health YC Application
Airo Health went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2016 batch as a Healthcare company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.
- YC batch
- Summer 2016
- Industry
- HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
- Team size
- 2
- Status
- Inactive
- Launched
- 2016
Founders
Naman KumarFounder/CEO
What Airo Health does
Airo Health is a fast growing Y Combinator-funded company building a next generation armband that has changed people think about their health. We are a multidisciplinary team that brings together expertise in biomedical engineering, user experience, artificial intelligence, software engineering, hardware engineering, and manufacturing. Mental Health, an issue often neglected, directly affects your overall health, quality of life, and productivity. Airo is your companion through the stressful times. It sits on your arm and automatically tracks when you’re getting anxious and recommends easy tweaks that reduce stress.
Airo Health's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Airo Health, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Airo Health
AI to passively track and manage mental health
We are building an armband that sits on your arm to track physiological signals continuously and detect when you're anxious. The device uses AI to identify stress patterns passively and recommends simple, actionable tweaks to reduce anxiety and improve mental wellbeing.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and would remain based here after YC.
San Francisco is where we live and work now. It has the talent and investor community we need to build deep AI and hardware tech in mental health.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Airo Health YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Airo Health's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Airo Health would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Airo Health in?
Airo Health was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2016 batch.
Who founded Airo Health?
Airo Health was founded by Naman Kumar.
What does Airo Health do?
Airo is an AI to passively track and manage your mental health.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Airo Health's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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