Mednet YC Application

Winter 2017Active

Mednet went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2017 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 2017
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 35
Status: Active
Launched: 2016

Founders

Samir HousriFounder/CEO
Nadine HousriFounder/Chief Medical Officer

What Mednet does

Mednet helps doctors answer their toughest clinical questions - blending AI, medical literature, and real-world physician expertise. Co-founded by siblings Samir Housri and Dr. Nadine Housri while navigating their father's cancer treatment, Mednet was created to capture the undocumented clinical knowledge that makes the difference in patient care. Today, over 40,000 US physicians use Mednet to navigate complex cases, make better-informed decisions, and shape industry innovation - ensuring that every patient benefits from the collective expertise of the medical community

Mednet's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Mednet, Winter 2017 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Mednet

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Mednet helps doctors solve tough clinical questions

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

Mednet is a platform for doctors that combines AI, medical literature, and real-world physician expertise to help them answer complex clinical questions. It captures undocumented clinical knowledge from physicians and presents tailored, actionable insights to improve patient care.

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

We live in New York, NY, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is a central hub for healthcare professionals and innovation, which helps us stay connected to our user community and build deep domain expertise.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Mednet YC application?

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