YC Companies Responding to Covid-19
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YC Companies Responding to Covid-19
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Re: YC Companies Responding to Covid-19
#2Do folks generally keep with the regular secrecy in this situation?
(regarding ANA's "More than 50 years ago, the FDA approved a drug. Today, we’re evaluating that drug as a treatment for COVID-19")
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#3I'd like to see this for all YC companies. The 'how you can help' was an especially useful artifact of information. For those of us who are bored and in need of intellectual stimulation, I would like to know what other (non medical) startups are working on, with a specific description of 'how I can help'. Im talking specifically about short term projects (e.g., a week to 2 months) as opposed to the 'who's hiring' thread.
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#4Especially the logistics oriented companies are incredibly important. Flexport, Medina's, Osh.
If wonder why, the German government (procurement was handled by the military procurement agency and a department of German customs) "lost" a suppliers shipment of 6 million FFP2 masks (or 3 million, numbers are not really reliable so far) in Kenia. For everyone wondering why they have been shipped througj Africa, welcome to the club. I have no idea. But it seems logistics was handled by the supplier.
Having control over your supply chain, from sourcing through distribution, is critical right now.
Good to see YC has some of such companies in their portfolio.
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#5I know it's the nature of startups that most of these efforts will fail for technical reasons, fail for financial reasons, arrive to late, get preempted, etc. Maybe this is doubly true for hard problems in biology like drug discovery.
Nonetheless, I am filled with pride and optimism that so many talented people are working on these ambitious projects. Humanity the species will get through this yet.
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#7Are anti-body tests available to purchase on the commercial market yet?
I'd like to know if I already had it so I can get on with my life.
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#8Really happy to see this. Really happy to see the extra "Who is Hiring" post the other day. In passing, I also noticed a title about YC going all remote for their upcoming batch. All good stuff. I'm impressed by the proactive response.
If they haven't already, I would love to see something like this focused on any YC companies involved in providing remote work options. I think they have at least one company called Moonlight that does, or did, that kind of thing for programmers. If that company is alive and well, I'm sure there are people here who would love to know more.
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#9Are anti-body tests available to purchase on the commercial market yet? I'd like to know if I already had it so I can get on with my life.
Pre-order, but not yet shipping. [1][2][3] Probably next week.
[1] https://www.biomedomics.com/products/infectious-disease/covi...
[2] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elliebufkin/2020/03/24/what-co...
[3] https://www.safecarerapidtest.com/Coronavirus-Test-Kit-COVID...
Re: YC Companies Responding to Covid-19
#10Do folks generally keep with the regular secrecy in this situation? (regarding ANA's "More than 50 years ago, the FDA approved a drug. Today, we’re evaluating that drug as a treatment for COVID-19")
I also found that extraordinary. With such limited information it is not possible to know if the contacts I have are relevant, and how serious and progressed the company are.
After all if I suggest something I'm putting my reputation (in part) on the line, which I'm not prepared to do without at least understanding this is a serious proposal, and the science being at least superficially credible.