Arctic Health YC Application

Spring 2026Active

Arctic Health went through Y Combinator in the Spring 2026 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: Spring 2026
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Michael ClarkCo-Founder
Raghav MehrishFounder
Sam SlezekFounder

What Arctic Health does

Arctic Health is building AI-native credentialing and contracting for healthcare organizations. We automate the full workflow, from establishing payer contracts to enrolling each provider. We collect and validate organization and provider data according to each state and payer’s requirements, and submit on the organization's behalf. We then monitor status and compliance on an ongoing basis. Tools on the market today either perform small pieces of the workflow or price out small and mid-sized organizations. We handle the process end-to-end regardless of organization type or size. Our browser automations enable AI agents to submit and monitor across hundreds of payer portals, and our system is trained by experienced industry experts who handle every edge case. Healthcare organizations get one simple platform. We handle the rest.

Arctic Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Arctic Health, Spring 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Arctic Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-native credentialing and contracting for healthcare

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

We are building a platform that automates the entire credentialing and contracting workflow for healthcare organizations. Our software collects and validates provider and organization data according to payer and state requirements, submits applications across hundreds of payer portals using browser automations, and monitors compliance continuously. This replaces manual processes that are slow, error-prone, and fragmented across different payers and states.

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

We currently live in San Francisco, CA and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the hub for healthcare IT startups and AI talent, which makes it the natural base for us to build and scale Arctic Health.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Arctic Health YC application?

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