About
Sam Slezek is the co-founder and CEO of Arctic Health. He previously held product leadership roles at Scale AI and Instacart, completed an investment role at Amasia, and worked as an analyst covering insurance at Morgan Stanley.
Founder at Arctic HealthYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Sam went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Arctic Health's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Arctic Health's investors below.
Arctic Health's investors · 1
Co-founders at Arctic Health
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Michael ClarkCo-Founder
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Raghav MehrishFounder
Experience
- Arctic HealthCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- Scale AIStrategic Product Manager2025
- InstacartProduct2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- AmasiaVenture Capital2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking2016 — 2017
- Morgan StanleyInvestment Banking Intern2015New York, New York
- Chrg IncSoftware Development Intern2014Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Social Entrepreneur CorpsVolunteer2013Nicaragua
- Duke Computer ScienceTeaching Assistant2013Durham, NC
- Duke Peer AdvisingIntern2012 — 2013
Skills & more
Java7Microsoft Excel7HTML1JavaScript1CSS2MySQL1Django1Python3jQuery1Apache1Ubuntu1Linux2
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Microsoft OfficePowerPointCascading Style Sheets (CSS)MatlabLeadershipStrategyStrategic PlanningProgrammingSoftware EngineeringCommon LispSoftware DevelopmentVenture CapitalLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Slezek?
- Sam Slezek is the co-founder and CEO of Arctic Health. He previously held product leadership roles at Scale AI and Instacart, completed an investment role at Amasia, and worked as an analyst covering insurance at Morgan Stanley.
- Where does Sam Slezek work?
- Sam Slezek is Founder of Arctic Health.
- What companies did Sam Slezek found?
- Sam Slezek founded Arctic Health.
- Where did Sam Slezek go to school?
- Sam Slezek studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude), Computer Science & Economics); Williston Northampton School.
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Shared employers
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