Kaigo Health
YC F25San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 3 employees · 1 known investors
Kaigo is an AI platform that analyzes skilled nursing facility (SNF) finances to identify missed revenue, billing errors, and wasteful spending. The tool detects payer denials, pharmacy billing mistakes, subscription waste, and operational cost overruns, then provides ranked recovery actions for SNF business offices.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSHealth TechDigital HealthHealthcare ITUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F25)
Kaigo Health was founded in 2025 by Peter Chien, Lukas Klaiber, and Kazuki Shin.
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Peter ChieninCo-Founder & CEOHe previously worked as a hardware and robotics engineer at Neuralink and Varda, and founded two nonprofits focused on elder care; he has also volunteered extensively in hospitals and senior communities.
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Lukas KlaiberinCo-FounderLukas Klaiber is COO of Kaigo Health and a full-stack engineer with prior experience at SAP and ServiceNow, where he worked on AI-powered IoT systems and e-commerce platforms. He has held roles in healthcare technology consulting at Accenture, neuromorphic computing research at Fortiss, and research positions at Stanford CDR. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from TUM and co-founded Stanford Founders.
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Kazuki Shinin𝕏Co-Founder & CTOKazuki Shin led perception and simulation efforts at NVIDIA for autonomous driving, developed ML systems at BMW, Amazon, and PlayStation, and previously worked on autonomous vehicle operations at MIT. He holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UIUC, where his research focused on humanoid robotics for home care applications.
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Anne FernandzCEO
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The YC application· Fall 2025 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- The three founders were each motivated by watching an older family member suffer from gaps in the healthcare system, including preventable ER readmissions and isolation in assisted living. They spent over 600 hours working directly with older adults and bring software, AI/ML, and hardware experience from Neuralink, Stanford, and NVIDIA, plus leadership roles at student and volunteer organizations including Zero2One, Stanford Founders, and Covalence.
- What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
- The founders aim to shift healthcare toward continuous, preventative, home-based care. They plan to start with high-touch outpatient care for Medicare providers to support value-based care and build a proprietary data layer, then later add ambient sensing and home care technologies such as robot companions for around-the-clock health management.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Competitors · 5
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Kaigo Health do?
- Kaigo is an AI platform that analyzes skilled nursing facility (SNF) finances to identify missed revenue, billing errors, and wasteful spending. The tool detects payer denials, pharmacy billing mistakes, subscription waste, and operational cost overruns, then provides ranked recovery actions for SNF business offices.
- Who founded Kaigo Health?
- Kaigo Health was founded by Peter Chien, Lukas Klaiber, Kazuki Shin in 2025.
- Who are Kaigo Health's investors?
- Kaigo Health's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Kaigo Health headquartered?
- Kaigo Health is headquartered in San Francisco, US.