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AllStrum creates devices that enable individuals with or without disabilities to play real stringed instruments independently. By attaching to any guitar or ukulele and pairing with a companion app, users strum while chords are held autonomously, unlocking the therapeutic, social, and empowering experience of playing music. Founder(s): Eytan Israel (YC ’26) Matthew Mendelsohn (YC ‘27)
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Apical improves solar-power forecasts by correcting cloud-driven sunlight errors using physics-informed ML. More accurate forecasts reduce unnecessary solar curtailment and help grids use more clean electricity. Founder(s): Shivansh Chaturvedi (SOM ’26)
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AssistiveMath enhances inclusive math education for blind and visually impaired learners using assistive technology and AI. It is a multi-sided platform supporting students, teachers, and test centers through accessible learning tools, inclusive discussion spaces, AI-assisted independent study, and faster, more affordable ways for teachers to create and deliver accessible content and feedback. Founder(s): Ron Pile…
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forEVA is harnessing the power of saliva to decode the internal balance of the female body. FERN by forEVA is a smart toothbrush that analyzes your saliva as you brush, delivering real-time hormonal and biometric analysis to your smart device in minutes. Founder(s): Jaya Dadwal (SPH ’26) Emily Deschenes (GRD ’26)
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Every year, nearly 30,000 incarcerated individuals file federal lawsuits alleging civil rights violations — each one a failure of the internal grievance system designed to resolve their complaints. Gideon is building an AI-powered phone hotline that helps prisoners navigate that system, while giving corrections departments the modern digital infrastructure they need. Founder(s): Jeremy Rodrigues (LAW…
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Havn is a digital health platform embedded in EHRs that uses clinical and demographic data to match patients and caregivers to eligible pharma- and advocacy-sponsored support programs, including financial assistance, education, and psychosocial resources, with seamless AI-powered, one-click enrollment. Founder(s): Bhavya Chauhan (SOM ’26)
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Oilzyme is a biotech venture that deploys shipboard microbial consortia to safely break down tanker sludge and oily residues during voyages. Our dry-powder treatment and rapid test kits help shipping companies cut disposal costs, reduce illegal dumping and incineration, and meet tightening environmental regulations with a low‑carbon, scalable solution. Founder(s): Jenelle Lee (YSE ’26)
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PARTEE is firmware security for robots and other physical AI devices, creating Docker-like, real-time containers and orchestration. Today, an exploitable bug in a robot’s OS can compromise the robot’s entire software stack. PARTEE prevents this by protecting critical software inside hardware-isolated secure containers, without requiring developers to rewrite their code. Founder(s): Sophia Yang (SOM ’27)…
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PathConnect is a civic integration platform that helps new residents and immigrants in New Haven navigate mentorship, housing guidance, financial literacy, community services, and employment pathways through verified local partners and milestone-based support journeys. It transforms fragmented resources into coordinated, measurable progress that strengthens belonging, stability, and long-term economic mobility. Founder(s): Babs Williams (SOM ’20)
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PEARL is a Connecticut-based nonprofit focused on reducing periodontal disease disparities among underserved adults through community-based oral health education, preventive screenings, hygiene kit distribution, and app-based education and appointment navigation to affordable dental care. We partner with trusted local sites to improve oral health literacy, access, and long-term preventive behaviors. Founder(s): Andja Demiraj (SPH ’26)…
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Pyari Education is a Nepal-based global health venture improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes through culturally grounded, age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education. Pyari develops evidence-informed curriculum and pedagogy that reduce stigma, build practical safety skills, and strengthen help-seeking. We deliver this content through schools and partner organizations and are now productizing it into…
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QuarterMill turns the world’s unprocessed archives into living, searchable knowledge. Our AI reads historical documents and oral histories, discovers the people and places inside them, connects them across collections, and builds a verified knowledge graph, where every fact traces back to its source. Years of research, compressed to days. Founder(s): Keith Pemberton (YC ’27)
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Denial Co-Pilot is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare providers overturn insurance claim denials. By analyzing historical outcomes and predicting appeal success, we help community health centers and hospitals recover millions in lost revenue—keeping them financially sustainable and ensuring patients receive the care they need. Founder(s): Ahtasham Firdausi (SPH ’25)
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Rosetint Community Theatre is building sustainable, community-rooted musical theatre infrastructure in New Haven at a moment of rising cultural demand. Through bold artistic choices, strategic community partnerships, youth education, and diversified earned revenue, Rosetint expands musical theatre access for non-professional artists and underserved communities while strengthening the city’s creative economy. Founder(s): Charlotta Lebedenko (MED ’32)
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Safari Strives is a nonprofit in Rwanda transforming precarious work into stable jobs and scalable ventures. We run a print and tailoring hub and a poultry farm funding venture acceleration with in-kind inputs, branding, marketing and bookkeeping. We are non-sectarian but partner with a church to provide land, workspace, verification. Founder(s): Elie Imani (GSAS ’27)
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Spark is building a core-compute smartphone that drives zero-compute shells (laptop, tablet, desktop, etc.), coalescing your ecosystem of devices. When docked, the smartphone adapts to the form factor’s required interface, delivering a desktop-class experience from a single compute core. The result: a more accessible, integrated, and sustainable personal computing stack. Founder(s): Ahaan Bhansali (YC ’26)…
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Studio B-Du is a creative venture focused on making craft education accessible to all. I provide handcrafted ceramics, instructional templates, and physical tools that guide makers of any skill level to create professional-quality work. By combining design-driven instruction with approachable, hands-on learning, the venture empowers both new and experienced makers to engage confidently with ceramics….
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The Micro-Clinic Project delivers high-quality, affordable primary care to rural communities in low- and middle-income countries through a rugged and versatile telehealth kit that empowers community health workers and connects them to physicians worldwide—all at under $1 per consultation. Founder(s): Rishit Shaquib (YC ’28) Shaunak Pandey (YC ’28)
