Sample YC Application

Winter 2024Acquired

Sample went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2024 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 2024
Industry: HealthcareHealthcare IT
Team size: 5
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2024

Founders

Ankit RanjanFounder
Aash JainFounder

What Sample does

Sample Healthcare transforms healthcare operations from a burden into a competitive advantage. Our users build copilots in Sample to support processes like patient intake and reimbursement. These copilots don't just speed up work - they capture valuable ground-truth data that make our models smarter over time. We work with leading national providers, already have data from 76% of US oncology clinics, and our network is rapidly expanding across the nation.

Sample's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Sample, Winter 2024 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Sample

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Flexible systems for clinical reasoning

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

We build a platform called Sample where healthcare providers create customizable copilots to support complex clinical workflows like patient intake and reimbursement. These copilots automate routine tasks and collect detailed clinical data that improve our models over time, helping clinics run more efficiently and make better decisions.

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

We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based here as well.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco offers the talent and network we need to build and scale healthcare IT products. Being here keeps us close to key partners and the broader tech community.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Sample YC application?

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