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Layers

Active · Improve your appearance by measuring, understanding, and tracking…

9signal of 100 · rising 7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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  • Shivani PatelFounder/CEO

About Layers

Improving how you look and feel leads to better outcomes in life (career, relationships, first impressions, opportunities, etc). Improving your health and appearance is an engineering problem - the body can be optimized like any other system

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2026
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Consumer Health Services, Health Tech, Beauty, Health & Wellness, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

Layers in F25: 146 companies, 88% AI

Layers: questions

Which YC batch was Layers in?

Layers was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Layers still active?

Y Combinator lists Layers as active.

Who founded Layers?

Layers's founders, as listed on its YC page: Shivani Patel (Founder/CEO).

Where is Layers based?

Layers lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.