Verge Genomics YC Application

Summer 2015Active

Verge Genomics went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 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 2015
Industry: HealthcareDrug Discovery and Delivery
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2015

Founders

Alice ZhangFounder/CEO

What Verge Genomics does

Verge uses artificial intelligence and human data to develop better drugs faster. Verge has an end-to-end technology-driven drug discovery and development platform, featuring one of the field’s largest and most comprehensive proprietary patient genomics datasets from human tissue. Verge uses machine learning to mine this data and develops these insights into new drugs using it’s human-centric biology and chemistry platforms.

Verge Genomics's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Verge Genomics, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Verge Genomics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We use human data and AI to develop better drugs faster.

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

We build a drug discovery platform that combines patient genomics data with machine learning to find new drug targets. Our platform mines one of the largest human tissue genomics datasets to develop drug candidates that are grounded in human biology rather than animal models.

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

We are based in San Francisco, CA and will remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco lets us access top biotech researchers and engineers needed to build our platform and chemistry capabilities.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Verge Genomics YC application?

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