Olio Labs YC Application

Summer 2023Active

Olio Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2023
Industry: HealthcareDrug Discovery and Delivery
Team size: 5
Status: Active
Launched: 2023

Founders

David TingleyFounder
Tom RoseberryFounder

What Olio Labs does

Olio labs uses AI to develop combination therapeutics that consider the thousands of interacting proteins in your body rather than targeting just one or two. Their lead combinations target obesity and are more effective with fewer side effects than Ozempic, the fastest growing drug of all time. Their custom ML built from real-world expertise and cutting edge AI searches trillions of combinations to find the perfect one.

Olio Labs's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Olio Labs, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Olio Labs

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Combination therapeutics for tough diseases

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

We're building an AI platform to discover combination therapeutics that target obesity and other diseases by considering thousands of interacting proteins simultaneously. Instead of the common approach of targeting one or two proteins, our models search trillions of drug combinations to find more effective treatments with fewer side effects than existing drugs like Ozempic.

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

We all work remotely and plan to remain remote after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our team is distributed, and combination drug discovery is computationally intensive and doesn't require a physical office. Remote allows us to recruit specialized talent and optimize productivity without relocating.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Olio Labs YC application?

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