BrainKey YC Application

Winter 2019Active

BrainKey went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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: Winter 2019
Industry: HealthcareDiagnostics
Team size: 20
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Owen Phillips, PhDFounder

What BrainKey does

BrainKey is an AI-driven digital healthcare company with a mission to create a world free from dementia.

BrainKey's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

BrainKey, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

BrainKey

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Brain Longevity

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

We are building an AI-driven digital healthcare platform that detects early signs of dementia and tracks brain health over time. Our product analyzes various neurocognitive data points to give actionable insights for patients and clinicians focused on delaying or preventing dementia.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where our team is based and has access to top AI and healthcare talent, along with proximity to digital health partners and investors.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real BrainKey YC application?

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