Makani Science YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Makani Science 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: HealthcareMedical Devices
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Michael ChuFounder
Michelle KhineFounder

What Makani Science does

Makani Science is a medical device company based in Irvine, California. We have created the world's first wireless patch that can accurately and continuously monitor breathing. The company is co-founded by Dr. Michelle Khine and Dr. Michael Chu, two experts in the wearable monitoring space from the University of California, Irvine. The Makani Science system will collect unique breathing waveforms from patients in everyday environments to create the first large database of respiratory patterns associated with different diseases. Data will be collected through systems sold to our initial beachhead market, where we will help improve monitoring safety in patients being sedated for medical procedures. Our long-term goal is to combine machine learning with this database to identify and predict respiratory complications for different patient populations. We have a highly experienced team and will be FDA cleared in our beachhead market within a year.

Makani Science's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Makani Science

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Reinventing respiration monitoring

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

We make a wireless patch that continuously and accurately monitors breathing. Our device collects unique respiratory waveforms from patients in everyday environments. Initially, hospitals use it to improve safety for sedated patients. We plan to build a large breathing pattern database linked to diseases and apply machine learning to predict complications.

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

We currently live in Los Angeles, California, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We are based in the area because of our proximity to University of California, Irvine, where we developed our expertise and technology.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Makani Science YC application?

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