Apprentice Health

Apprentice Health YC Application

Summer 2018Active

Boston, MA, USA

Apprentice Health went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2018 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 2018
Industry
HealthcareHealthcare IT
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Team size
6
Status
Active
Launched
2018

Founders

  • Rajiv SivendranFounder/CEO
  • Artur MenzeleevFounder/CSO

What Apprentice Health does

We deploy location beacons to track the movements of patients and doctors, measure the inefficiencies in the doctors’ workflows, and then give the hospitals targeted recommendations on how to improve.

Apprentice Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Apprentice Health, Summer 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Apprentice Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Sensors and software increasing hospital efficiency

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build a system combining physical location beacons and software dashboards that track how patients and doctors move through hospitals. We analyze the inefficiencies in doctors' workflows and deliver actionable recommendations to hospital leadership to improve throughput and reduce wasted time.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Boston, MA, and the company is based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Boston has a strong healthcare ecosystem and proximity to partners and customers. It's where we live and can recruit the talent we need.

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 Apprentice Health YC application?

No. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Apprentice Health's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Apprentice Health would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted. Y Combinator does not publish most applications.

What YC batch was Apprentice Health in?

Apprentice Health was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 batch.

Who founded Apprentice Health?

Apprentice Health was founded by Rajiv Sivendran, Artur Menzeleev.

What does Apprentice Health do?

We deploy sensors and software that increase hospital efficiency.

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Apprentice Health's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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