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Omanta launch: what they're building and where to launch next

What they're building

A research lab for one

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Healthcare
Team size
5
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

omanta.com ↗

See their funding details ↗

Omanta on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Omanta is a personalized research lab for patients who have exhausted standard options, want to prepare proactively for recurrence, or are living with an unresolved diagnosis. We direct the full operational infrastructure, personnel, expertise, and technology of a large research program toward understanding and addressing the challenges of individual patients across oncology, rare disease, and undiagnosed conditions. For clinicians, we act as a collaborative partner, providing a living roadmap for ongoing patient care built on a rigorous and evolving scientific evidence base. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "A personal research lab built around your biology, your options, and what comes next." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Alfredo Gonzalez, Founder/CEO: Co-Founder and CEO of Omanta. PhD in Cancer Bioinformatics from UCLA, biomedical researcher at Broad Institute and Harvard. Spearheaded personalized therapeutic campaigns for patients creating personalized vaccines, immunotherapies, and radioligands. 10+ years in personalized medicine. Fueled by the belief that the future of Health is deeply personalized. (source)
  • Ranad Humeidi, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer: Co-founder & CSO at Omanta, working with patients to turn frontier science into personalized treatment strategies. Harvard Chemical Biology PhD in 3 years; identified a druggable ulcerative colitis mechanism that led to a multimillion-dollar GSK collaboration. Built and directed a multimillion-dollar rare cancer program for one patient, coordinating researchers, physicians, biotechs, and drug developers. (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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