Kivo Health YC Application

Winter 2023Active

Kivo Health went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 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 2023
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare Services
Team size: 35
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

Victor SadauskasFounder

What Kivo Health does

Kivo Health provides AI-powered virtual care for seniors with chronic disease, starting with lung disease. Kivo's AI powered virtual care programs help health plans reduce costs by keeping members healthy and out of the hospital.

Kivo Health's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kivo Health, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kivo Health

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI-powered care for seniors with chronic disease

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

We built an AI-powered virtual care program focused on seniors with chronic lung disease. Our product helps health plans keep members out of the hospital by monitoring health remotely, identifying risks early, and delivering tailored interventions through virtual care coaches.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA, and plan to remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the talent, investors, and healthcare ecosystem we need. It's where both our team and initial users are located.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kivo Health YC application?

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