Understood Care
YC S24 · Active · Healthcare personal assistants for Medicare patients.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 LindyShared: personal assistantNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | AI GrantBatch 2 |
 Vene HealthShared: patient advocate, healthcareNot statedAI | AI | Not stated | speedrunSR007 |
 UpfrontShared: personal assistant, ai assistantInactiveAI | AI | Inactive | YCW23 |
 Blume BenefitsShared: healthcare system, health insurance, ai assistantInactiveAI | AI | Inactive | YCW24 |
 Pair TeamShared: healthcare system, health tech, medicareActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS19 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 faffShared: personal assistantNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | EF2025 |
 Rovi HealthShared: health insurance, health tech, healthcareActiveAI | AI | Active | YCF25 |
 LoulaShared: healthcare system, health insurance, health techActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW23 |
 Fairway HealthShared: health insurance, health tech, healthcareAcquiredAI | AI | Acquired | YCW23 |
 Probably GeneticShared: patient advocacy, patient access, health techActiveAI | AI | Active | YCW19 |
Also from S24 in AI
All of S24
Founders
- Samantha WuFounder/CEO
About Understood Care
The American healthcare system is complicated. 88% of US adults cite difficulties navigating the healthcare system. The good news is patient advocacy became a covered benefit by Medicare in 2024. Understood Care matches Medicare patients with a healthcare personal assistant (known as a Patient Advocate) at little to no cost to the patient. Patient Advocates help patients patients access care - finding resources, helping fill out paperwork, and much more. Understood Care uses AI and healthcare expertise to deliver the highest quality patient advocacy to the 68 million Medicare patients in the US.
- YC batch
- S24 · Summer 2024
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 7
- Location
- New York City, NY, USA
- Founded
- 2025
- Checked
- 33m ago
YC tags: Health Tech, Healthcare, Health Insurance, AI, AI Assistant
Understood Care: questions
Which YC batch was Understood Care in?
Understood Care was in Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch (S24).
Is Understood Care still active?
Y Combinator lists Understood Care as active.
Who founded Understood Care?
Understood Care's founders, as listed on its YC page: Samantha Wu (Founder/CEO).
Where is Understood Care based?
Understood Care lists New York City, NY, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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