Intellect YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Intellect went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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 2021
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 200
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Theodoric ChewFounder
Anurag ChutaniFounder

What Intellect does

Intellect is the global leader in hyperlocalised mental healthcare, serving 4 million lives across enterprise employers, insurers, healthcare systems, and governments in over 50 languages and 100 countries. With a comprehensive, AI-powered care ecosystem, Intellect seamlessly integrates digital therapeutics, virtual therapy, high-acuity crisis support, and specialty clinical treatment - delivered through its proprietary digital platforms and directly owned mental health clinics. Headquartered in Singapore with nine global offices, Intellect is backed by top investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Insignia Ventures, and HOF Capital. It is trusted by hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and industry leading organisations.

Intellect's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Intellect, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Intellect

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mental healthcare for global workforces.

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

We have built a digital platform offering mental health services tailored to global enterprises. The product combines AI-driven care, virtual therapy, crisis support, and specialty clinical treatment delivered through both our app and owned clinics.

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

We live and the company is based in Singapore.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Singapore is our home and central to Asia, which helps us serve diverse global clients effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Intellect YC application?

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