Halmos Labs

Halmos Labs YC Application

Fall 2026Active

Lund

Halmos Labs went through Y Combinator in the Fall 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
Fall 2026
Industry
HealthcareIndustrial Bio
Location
Lund
Team size
3
Status
Active
Launched
2026

Founders

  • Mattias Akke
    Mattias AkkeFounder/CEO
  • Linus von Ekensteen Löfgren
    Linus von Ekensteen LöfgrenFounder/CTO

What Halmos Labs does

Halmos Labs builds automated biotech R&D on the principles of validity and interpretabillity. We run research, and simulations answering open questions ranging from wetlab experiment design to full cancer vaccine manufacturing.

Halmos Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Halmos Labs, Fall 2026 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

Halmos Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated maximally-informative biotech R&D

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

We build automated biotech R&D systems that combine AI-driven experiment design and interpretable analysis. Our platform, Halmos Labs, runs and simulates experiments for questions from wetlab design to scaling workflows, including cancer vaccine processes. Users are biotech researchers and companies who need high-quality decisions from minimal experiments.

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

We are in Lund, Skåne County, Sweden, and will stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Lund is a center for biotech research and gives us access to talent and infrastructure. Our team is already set up and operating here.

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 Halmos Labs YC application?

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

What YC batch was Halmos Labs in?

Halmos Labs was part of the Y Combinator Fall 2026 batch.

Who founded Halmos Labs?

Halmos Labs was founded by Mattias Akke, Linus von Ekensteen Löfgren.

What does Halmos Labs do?

Maximum information per experiment, minimum experiments per conclusion

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

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

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