Luminist Labs YC Application

Winter 2016Acquired

Luminist Labs went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2016 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 2016
Industry: HealthcareDiagnostics
Team size: 2
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Storm StillmanFounder/CEO

What Luminist Labs does

Luminist developed a non-invasive diagnostic test for the early detection and staging of liver fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Luminist was acquired in 2020 by DiscernDx.

Luminist Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Luminist Labs, Winter 2016 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Luminist Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Diagnostic platform for early detection of liver disease

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

We built a non-invasive diagnostic test that detects and stages liver fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) early. Our test helps doctors identify liver disease before it progresses, which is critical because current methods are invasive or miss early stages.

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

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

Explain your decision regarding location.

Newark is where we are based and have access to healthcare professionals and potential partners. Staying local lets us move fastest while continuing field validation.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Luminist Labs YC application?

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