Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6 • Hacker News Board

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:15 PM UTC

rdifazio wrote: post #5

Hey everyone! We’re Juliana and Robert, co-founders of Parallel Bio. We're improving drug discovery by replacing animal models, in the hope of making cures for humans, not mice. The biggest reason why 92% of new drugs fail is that drugs are currently discovered in mice, which are not realistic models of human disease but are used due to the challenges of working in humans. We've created a human ‘immune system in a di…

On behalf of all the mice, thank you very much for doing this. I'm all for modern medicine but the number of mice, primates and other mammals that we kill in the name of science every year does not sit right with me.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by gtirloni » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

ycorvar wrote: post #7

Hi there! We are Orestis and Urs from Zeit Medical ( https://www.zeitmedical.com ). We enable fast stroke detection at home. 90% of strokes go untreated due to stroke recognition delays. Many patients live in fear that a stroke might happen and go unnoticed for hours, particularly if they are asleep when it starts. Stroke is currently impossible to detect based on symptoms. Unlike a heart attack, there is no distinct…

I know nothing about strokes and who's at risk. Perhaps the website could be improved in that regard because, after reading it, I have no idea if I should buy it for myself or family.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by dhr » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC

ycorvar wrote: post #7

Hi there! We are Orestis and Urs from Zeit Medical ( https://www.zeitmedical.com ). We enable fast stroke detection at home. 90% of strokes go untreated due to stroke recognition delays. Many patients live in fear that a stroke might happen and go unnoticed for hours, particularly if they are asleep when it starts. Stroke is currently impossible to detect based on symptoms. Unlike a heart attack, there is no distinct…

Very interesting!

Is there some data on the 'optimal' time from when a stroke starts where intervention would prevent serious impairment? i.e. if you detect a stroke, how many minutes/hours do you have before irreversible damage is caused?

Relatedly, what measures are done when a stroke is detected to minimize damage/impairment?

Also, what's your false positive rate?

Wish you all the best of luck! I've had family members who've had strokes and early detection might have helped them a ton.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by gtirloni » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:25 PM UTC

rdifazio wrote: post #5

Hey everyone! We’re Juliana and Robert, co-founders of Parallel Bio. We're improving drug discovery by replacing animal models, in the hope of making cures for humans, not mice. The biggest reason why 92% of new drugs fail is that drugs are currently discovered in mice, which are not realistic models of human disease but are used due to the challenges of working in humans. We've created a human ‘immune system in a di…

Why is your website empty?

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by anaskar » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

_2rxu wrote: post #6

We are the founders of Kodex ( https://www.kodex.us ). Kodex makes it easy for companies to process and respond to subpoenas from governments around the world. Government agencies subpoena user data from thousands of companies around the world, and companies largely rely on email, fax, and spreadsheets to manage them. At a previous job, we would frequently see companies struggle to comply with legal orders, because t…

love this! needed this at the last company I worked out. Was always surprised how manual and generally not secure the whole process seemed to me.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by dataminded » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

Etai wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I’m Etai, together with Andrew a co-founder of Secoda ( https://www.secoda.co ). Secoda is a collaborative workspace for data teams that makes it easy to share metadata, queries, charts and documentation with any employee. Companies store a growing amount of knowledge in BI tools, data warehouses, data pipelines, queries and documentation. Because these tools are not connected, it has become more difficult to…

Take my money!

Now to assign someone to give it a whirl and hope it works.

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by jitl » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:34 PM UTC

ycorvar wrote: post #7

Hi there! We are Orestis and Urs from Zeit Medical ( https://www.zeitmedical.com ). We enable fast stroke detection at home. 90% of strokes go untreated due to stroke recognition delays. Many patients live in fear that a stroke might happen and go unnoticed for hours, particularly if they are asleep when it starts. Stroke is currently impossible to detect based on symptoms. Unlike a heart attack, there is no distinct…

How do outcomes for stroke patients vary based on treatment?

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by ramraj07 » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #11

rdifazio wrote: post #5

Hey everyone! We’re Juliana and Robert, co-founders of Parallel Bio. We're improving drug discovery by replacing animal models, in the hope of making cures for humans, not mice. The biggest reason why 92% of new drugs fail is that drugs are currently discovered in mice, which are not realistic models of human disease but are used due to the challenges of working in humans. We've created a human ‘immune system in a di…

On behalf of all the mice, thank you very much for doing this. I'm all for modern medicine but the number of mice, primates and other mammals that we kill in the name of science every year does not sit right with me.

I’ve always felt that if there was _any_ morally acceptable reason to harm and kill animals it is for the sake of (reasonable) medical research. In principle the ethics board is there to make sure this is true but in practice they rarely do anything about it. Perhaps the real way to solve that problem is hold the IrBs to a higher standard and make them do their job?

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by WORMS_EAT_WORMS » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:42 PM UTC

ycorvar wrote: post #7

Hi there! We are Orestis and Urs from Zeit Medical ( https://www.zeitmedical.com ). We enable fast stroke detection at home. 90% of strokes go untreated due to stroke recognition delays. Many patients live in fear that a stroke might happen and go unnoticed for hours, particularly if they are asleep when it starts. Stroke is currently impossible to detect based on symptoms. Unlike a heart attack, there is no distinct…

Super neat…

- How common are strokes generally?

Seems like a lot to wear this all the time — but also I’m not familiar with the risk factor.

- How much quicker is this at detecting a stroke versus someone simply observing it happening with a naked eye?

Like how much time does this save over simply seeing physical symptoms with your naked eye or feeling the symptoms for yourself? 1 second, 1 hour, 5 hours, days?

Re: Launch YC S21: Meet the Batch, Thread #6

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Post by Etai » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:44 PM UTC

dataminded wrote: post #16

Etai wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I’m Etai, together with Andrew a co-founder of Secoda ( https://www.secoda.co ). Secoda is a collaborative workspace for data teams that makes it easy to share metadata, queries, charts and documentation with any employee. Companies store a growing amount of knowledge in BI tools, data warehouses, data pipelines, queries and documentation. Because these tools are not connected, it has become more difficult to…

Take my money! Now to assign someone to give it a whirl and hope it works.

Thanks so much!

We're happy to help you or whoever would set it up and show you how other teams have been using the tool. Feel free to shot me an email at etai@secoda.co if you'd like any help along the way