ZETA SURGICAL YC Application

Summer 2019Active

ZETA SURGICAL went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2019 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 2019
Industry: HealthcareMedical Devices
Team size: 12
Status: Active
Launched: 2019

Founders

Jose Maria AmichFounder/CEO
Raahil ShaFounder/CTO

What ZETA SURGICAL does

ZETA SURGICAL is redefining the standard of care for image-guided surgery and targeted neuro-therapeutics. Its navigation and robotics platform applies advanced artificial intelligence and computer vision to enable high-accuracy image guidance across virtually any point of care in minutes, unlocking less invasive and more precise targeted therapies. The Zeta Navigation System and Zeta TMS Navigation System are cleared by the FDA and commercially available in the United States.

ZETA SURGICAL's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

ZETA SURGICAL, Summer 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

ZETA SURGICAL

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Next-Generation Surgical Navigation and Robotics

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

We build the Zeta Navigation System and Zeta TMS Navigation System, FDA-cleared surgical navigation and robotics platforms that use AI and computer vision to provide precise, fast image guidance for minimally invasive surgeries and targeted neuro-therapies. Our systems aim to improve accuracy and reduce invasiveness for surgeons across various care settings.

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

We live in Boston, MA, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Boston is a hub for healthcare innovation and has access to clinical collaborators and talent essential for medical robotics and AI development. It suits our needs better than other locations.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real ZETA SURGICAL YC application?

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