Athelas YC Application

Summer 2016Active

Athelas 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: Healthcare
Team size: 1000
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Deepika BodapatiFounder
Tanay TandonFounder

What Athelas does

At Athelas, powered by Commure, our mission is to simplify healthcare. We have bold ambitions to reimagine the healthcare experience, setting a new standard for how care is delivered and experienced across the industry. Our growing suite of AI solutions spans ambient AI clinical documentation, provider copilots, autonomous coding, revenue cycle management and more - all designed for providers & administrators to focus on what matters most: providing care. Healthcare is a $4.5 trillion industry with more than $500 billion spent annually on administrative costs, and Athelas is at the heart of transforming it. We power over 500,000 clinicians across hundreds of care sites nationwide - more than $10 billion flows through our systems and we support over 100 million patient interactions. With new product launches on the horizon, expansion into additional care segments, and a bold vision to tackle healthcare's most pressing challenges, our ambition is to move from upstart innovator to the industry standard over the next few years. Healthcare's moment for AI-powered transformation is here, and we're building the technology to power it. Come join us in shaping the future of healthcare.

Athelas's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Athelas, Summer 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Athelas

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Tech that simplifies healthcare systems

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

We're building a suite of AI-powered tools that help healthcare providers and administrators reduce the massive administrative burden in health systems. Our product includes ambient clinical documentation tools, provider assist copilots, autonomous coding, and revenue cycle management software, all integrated to let clinicians focus more on care than paperwork.

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

We live in Mountain View, CA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Mountain View is a tech hub with access to top AI talent, which is crucial for building sophisticated healthcare AI software at scale.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Athelas YC application?

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