Prana YC Application

Winter 2026Active

Prana went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 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 2026
Industry: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2025

Founders

Meer PatelFounder
Sanjit MenonFounder
Vishvam RawalFounder

What Prana does

Prana replaces the reactive, 15-minute annual physical with continuous, proactive care. We connect to your medical records and wearables to watch for "clinical drift," catching subtle declines in health that human doctors miss between visits. Most AI health apps are just chatbots. Prana is a full-stack medical provider. Our AI acts as a always-on physician that watches your data, explains your labs, and manages your prescriptions. Safety & Scale: We automate 90% of the "grunt work" (history taking, logistics, triage) so our human doctors can focus purely on high-leverage decisions. This allows us to offer 24/7 physician care for a fraction of the cost of traditional care. The Team: - Meer Patel (CEO): JHU BME. Deferred Brown Medical School to build Prana because code scales better than appointments. - Vishvam Rawal (CTO): Ex-Quant. Building high-frequency data infrastructure for health signals. - Sanjit Menon (CHO): Graduating MD Candidate. Deep clinical expertise to ensure our models practice good medicine. Traction: Live in beta with early users.

Prana's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Prana, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Prana

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

An AI primary care doctor in your pocket

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

We built Prana to replace the reactive, 15-minute annual physical with continuous, proactive care. Our AI integrates medical records and wearable data to spot subtle health declines that doctors miss between visits. It automates the routine clinical work so human doctors can focus on important decisions, allowing 24/7 physician care at a lower cost.

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

We are located remotely and will remain remote after YC, focusing on building the product and user base rather than relocating.

Explain your decision regarding location.

None of us are tied to a single city. Remote work lets us hire the right talent and focus on engineering and clinical integration without added overhead.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Prana YC application?

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