What it sells
One-hour antibiotic sensitivity testing
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedHospital labs and clinics (diagnostics purchasing).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Standard UTI care involves guessing antibiotics and waiting days for culture; 25% of sepsis cases are caused by UTIs.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Place sample in cartridge, bacteria captured, sample split across channels with antibiotics and cultivated 35 minutes, detection after 15 minutes gives infection and sensitivity result.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedInstrument plus consumable cartridge model (hardware and cartridges); development-stage, no pricing.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2021 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.