Opkit

Opkit YC Application

Summer 2021Inactive

Opkit 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
HealthcareHealthcare IT
Status
Inactive
Launched
2021

Founders

  • Sherwood Callaway
    Sherwood CallawayCo-founder/CEO
  • Justin Ko
    Justin KoFounder

What Opkit does

Opkit uses AI to automate routine phone calls for medical practices, telehealth companies, and other leading healthcare provider organizations. Opkit's AI agent is capable of executing a wide-range of non-clinical phone call tasks, including Verification of Benefits, patient intake, and appointment scheduling, without human intervention. Opkit is HIPAA-compliant and SOC 2 Type 2 certified.

Opkit's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

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

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Opkit

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

AI phone calls for the US healthcare industry

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

We built an AI agent that makes routine non-clinical phone calls for healthcare providers. It handles tasks like Verification of Benefits, patient intake, and scheduling appointments without humans. Our product is HIPAA-compliant and SOC 2 Type 2 certified, designed to reduce administrative overhead in medical practices and telehealth companies.

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

I live in New York, NY, and the company would be based here during and after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

I'm based in New York and plan to keep the company here due to our strong network and initial customers in the area.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Opkit YC application?

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

What YC batch was Opkit in?

Opkit was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.

Who founded Opkit?

Opkit was founded by Sherwood Callaway, Justin Ko.

What does Opkit do?

AI phone calls for the US healthcare industry

How do I read the full reconstructed application?

Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Opkit's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.

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