Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#1

Post by dang » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC

Here's the third "Meet the Batch" thread - previous one was https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27996057. This time I've tweaked the title slightly in the hope of doing better re https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27996536.

Here are 6 startups for you to read about and engage with where interested. The initial order is random.

Lernit (YC S21) - Corporate training program for Latin America - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049505

StandardCode (YC S21) - APIs to easily comply with child privacy laws - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049504

Scispot (YC S21) - Workflow automation for life science - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049501

Muse (YC S21) - Allow anyone to build 3D websites - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049502

Ruth Health (YC S21) - Digital, at-home post-pregnancy care - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049503

Deskimo (YC S21) - Book workspace by the minute in Singapore and Hong Kong - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28049507

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#2

Post by satyascispotcpo » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Hey HN! I am Satya from Scispot.io (https://www.scispot.io/). Scispot is a no-code workflow automation platform for life science. Think of us as an Airtable for Life science.

Life science companies often have no choice but to rely on a laundry list of tools to stay up and running. Electronic lab notebooks, LIMS (Lab Information Management Systems), Google Docs, Asana, Notion, and Airtable are just some of the tools that are used out of necessity. As a result, most of the biotherapeutics, diagnostics companies, contract research organizations, and labs struggle to stitch together disparate data. They end up scattering their sample, inventory, project, and protocol data in various systems. The disparate data adversely impacts the experiment's failure rate. Not being able to connect data also impacts the data integrity and regulatory compliance for fast-growing bio companies.

We let you personalize your workflows using an orchestration layer. A lab can track and manage its samples and inventory, plan and prepare experiments at the desk, and execute experiments at the bench using Scispot. We have project management features to easily visualize research and operational activities in a calendar and a kanban view. We also have APIs for developers and data engineers to plug in existing systems. For instance, customers can integrate their batch runs and inventory to their legacy systems using Scispot’s API. Scispot maintains a thorough audit trail (eligible for CFR part 11 compliance).

Customers are using Scispot to connect their inventory and chemical library with experiment execution. Customers also use Scispot’s template library to create protocols in bulk and connect the protocols with the inventory.

Scispot is founded by three founders, Guru (a molecular biologist and a life science tech veteran), Nash (automation expert), and me (the product guy who loves building workflows). We’d love to speak to any of you that are curious about what we’re doing or if you have any ideas/challenges for us!

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#3

Post by benjaminha14 » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Alex, founders of Muse HQ (https://muse.place/). We help anyone build immersive 3D websites.

Alex and I started building 3D websites because we were bored of building the same old static websites that we have been contracted to do for the past 6 years since high school. Building websites sucked and was boring. Fortunately, Alex discovered the power of three.js. Between us, Alex was the first one to start building websites in 3D and frankly, I was jealous because I saw that the code for 3D websites was far too complicated for me to grasp quickly and I felt left behind. This is why Alex and I started Muse, to make the 3D internet accessible to everyone and easy to use so we don't have to keep building static websites.

The way we solved this problem was by first building an open-source framework called SpacesVR that made it very easy for React developers to start building 3D websites. Several months later, we built a no-code editor that works similar to Squarespace and Wix built around this framework. Using our framework, our team has built over 200 3D websites by hand. Since launching our no-code editor, we have seen over 40 websites published. Also, a crazy thing happened the other day when Alex was scrolling through Twitter. He stumbled upon a 3D website that used very similar control mechanisms to our websites. With a little bit of investigating, we found out that a virtual gallery project, 3XR, started using our framework to build virtual NFT galleries for all Mintbase stores!

It has been exciting to see our no-code editor and open-source framework grow. I encourage everyone here to build a 3D website, try it out, you may enjoy it! You can check out our open-source framework at https://www.npmjs.com/package/spacesvr or go to https://muse.place/to build a 3D website with no code. Have fun building!

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#4

Post by alis0nlaura » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

We're Alison and Audrey, cofounders of Ruth Health (https://www.ruthhealth.com), a digital + at-home clinic for pregnant people :]

We deliver 30-minute, online physical therapy video sessions to help the 83% of postpartum womxn with moderate-to-severe Pelvic Floor Prolapse—in other words, who pee in their pants after pregnancy. Birthing people deserve a life without postpartum pain and incontinence.

With our personalized, 1:1 telehealth Pelvic Training + Recovery Sessions, moms worldwide can get back to work, sex, and normal life 5x faster—all from home.

From SF to NYC to Singapore, patients simply share health information, get scheduled, and then log on for our video sessions during this $10-145/session sliding-scale Pelvic Pilot program. By taking our Training + Recovery Sessions 30 min/week from home for 2-6 months, womxn see an increase in strength, reduction in pain, and greater bladder control—versus spending often double the price and 3+ hours door-to-door on each Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy appointment in-person. Onboard here to get scheduled (https://bit.ly/RuthHealthOnboarding) for your first session!

Re: Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental

#5

Post by anaskar » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Hey HN! We’re Daniel and Arjun, founders of StandardCode (http://www.standardcode.io/). We make it easy for companies to comply with child data privacy laws such as COPPA and GDPR by providing APIs for collecting parental consent and ID verification of minors.

COPPA regulation makes it difficult for companies to cater to children under 13 without building in safeguards to collect and manage parental consent and to block third-party sharing of data without transparency. As a result most companies just prohibit users under 13 from signing up for their services, either as a policy or by having an age gate that prevents an under-13 child from signing up.

However, with a record number of under-13 users on the internet due to the pandemic, behavior is permanently shifting and many companies now want to cater to all audiences. By providing APIs to manage the collection of consent, we allow companies to safely acquire underage users while minimizing friction in the sign-up flow.

Our customer-facing REST API presents a few high-level resources that are needed for collecting parental consent and ID verification for children. Customers typically make 1 API call to create a profile for a child, and then 2–3 more calls to collect parental consent or verify age and ID if necessary. Afterwards, we push data to a webhook endpoint to notify the customer when consent has been collected or an ID has been verified.

Our business model is based on usage — we charge a small fee per user for whom we need to collect parental consent or verify age and ID.

We'd love to hear from you, especially if you have experience with products catering to children!

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#6

Post by santmaldonado » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Hey HN! I’m Santiago Maldonado, CEO and Founder of Lernit (https://www.lernit.mx/). Our platform makes it easy for companies in Latin America (Latam) to train their workforce, even when they are remote.

According to studies, 74% of CEOs worldwide are concerned that a lack of essential skills in their employees is threatening the future of their organization. With the increase of remote work comes the challenge of keeping teams aligned and pushing in the same direction.

When I graduated from college, the biggest learning platforms were Coursera and Udemy, and it hit me that there is an immense gap between what you learn in an on-demand course and what you do at your job. Usually, these courses were outdated and had no relevance to what employers wanted their employees to learn. So I saw a huge opportunity to create Lernit, where companies could ensure that their employees were learning valuable skills that could be used at their job.

We allow companies to develop online courses on the specific skills their employees require for accomplishing organizational goals and personal growth while staying focused on priorities. These priorities are easily visualized and aligned to the company's main objectives through OKRs (Objectives and Key Results for a specific period). Each individual can check in and track progress while receiving feedback and mentoring in a collaborative environment.

We offer an all-in-one solution for HR teams where companies can set, align and track goals, evaluate performance, train and develop their workforce and build culture without the trouble of managing different tools at expensive prices.

We are eager to help companies reach growth and more than happy to answer any questions you may have about our talent platform, so if you have any or are just curious please leave a comment!

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#7

Post by ChrisMischler » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

Hi HN, we're Christian (ChrisMischler) and Raphael (raphco) of Deskimo (https://www.deskimo.com/). We provide on-demand access to professional workspaces, where users rent desks by the minute. We've started with Singapore and Hong Kong as our initial markets, with the intention to expand into other markets soon.

Raphael and I have been working remotely for most of the past 10 years. During the pandemic, all of our friends suddenly saw themselves thrown into a similar position and we've observed how they adapted. Many don't have a suitable home-office setup and while for most the pros of remote/hybrid work clearly outweigh the cons, having access to near-home desk space would solve the downsides of working from home for most.

We give users access to a wide range of professionally run workspaces in central business districts as well as in residential neighbourhoods. By giving users access to near-home workspaces, we give them an opportunity to work for a few hours and not waste precious time on commuting. We also have locations close to schools, shopping centers, and other places where our users need to go throughout the week.

There is no need for a membership, upfront payments, or long-term commitments. Access works similar to ride hailing: location-based and instant. A user scans the QR code of the app at the reception to start the session and scans the code again to check out. We charge at checkout for the duration of the work session; the maximum charge per day is capped at the rate of a day pass at the specific location. Our customers consist of companies who provide Deskimo accounts for employees, and individual users who prefer our flexibility over the cost and commitment of a coworking membership.

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#8

Post by NickNaraghi » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:50 PM UTC

The title of these threads needs work!

Possible to group by theme or something?

Or just leave out the specifics. The 2-word pitch is cutting too much to be any sort of useful.

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#9

Post by podric » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

benjaminha14 wrote: post #3

Hi HN, we’re Ben and Alex, founders of Muse HQ ( https://muse.place/ ). We help anyone build immersive 3D websites. Alex and I started building 3D websites because we were bored of building the same old static websites that we have been contracted to do for the past 6 years since high school. Building websites sucked and was boring. Fortunately, Alex discovered the power of three.js. Between us, Alex was the first on…

Cool stuff! What are some great use cases that you'd like to see for 3D websites? Do the long load times of 3D websites relative to 2D ones affect search ranking?

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#10

Post by dang » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

NickNaraghi wrote: post #8

The title of these threads needs work! Possible to group by theme or something? Or just leave out the specifics. The 2-word pitch is cutting too much to be any sort of useful.

It's true that the generic nouns don't say much, but the company names would say even less.

Since examples are the best way to learn, I would be interested if anyone could come up with a better title for this thread. It's not obvious how to do this!