YC S26 kicked off last week. 56 startups have already launched. Here are my top 3 so far, from robot maids to cheaper healthcare…
Just this morning, my Christian health share emailed me. My discount for staying fit? Gone.
Traditional insurance is even worse. Premiums through the roof, no increase in quality.
Prescience is fixing this mess.
Prescience runs employee-funded health plans. They use AI to prevent illness and lower cost.
Prescience pulls data from wearables, gets you doctor visits same-day, and even prescribes GLP-1’s proactively.
If this company succeeds, the upside is unlimited.
What if you could buy a robot maid for $1,300? That’s the vision for Nori Robotics.
These are robots on wheels, rather than legs. On my recent trip to Tokyo, wheeled robots brought my breakfast at my favorite diner. Wheels are stable and practical.
Best of all, when you teach Nori a new skill like pouring a drink, that skill becomes available to everyone.
Rock-bottom price. Network effects. I love everything about this business.
Ever since the Anthropic Mythos announcement, the technology industry has been terrified of hackers using AI to break into their systems. Nebula Security may be the company to stop it.
Founder Eten Zou and the team recently found a critical exploit of Android. These guys have serious cybersecurity chops.
As AI finds one security hole after another, there will be a mad race to patch them. Nebula is the right company at the right time.
Wrap-Up
I’ve got cold messages out to all three of these startups. I’m itching to learn more about what they’re doing!
We can whine about YC’s valuations. But who else is backing so many ambitious companies in so many areas?
I’m excited to see more awesome S26 startups launch. I just might find my next investment…
There will be no blog tomorrow. Have a wonderful July 4th and Happy 250th Birthday, America! 🇺🇸
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