FinalDose YC Application

Spring 2026Active

FinalDose 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: HealthcareTherapeutics
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Li-Yao HuangFounder
Steven LinFounder
Jeff LiuFounder

What FinalDose does

FinalDose is building the first programmable drug - a single smart drug molecule that you can insert any diseased genetic code and it can search and destroy cells upon DNA recognition. Unlocking 80% of undruggable targets today. Starting with all cancers.

FinalDose's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

FinalDose

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Programmable DNA drug targeting cancers

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

We are building FinalDose, the first programmable drug molecule that you can insert any diseased genetic code into, and it will seek out and destroy cells based on DNA recognition. This lets us target 80% of cancer targets that current drugs can't reach.

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

We live in London, United Kingdom, and plan to keep the company based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're based in London because our team and research are here, and it places us well within world-leading healthcare and biotech ecosystems relevant to cancer therapeutics.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real FinalDose YC application?

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