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

What they're building

AI-Native FDA Regulatory Services

Batch
Y Combinator Spring 2026
Industry
Healthcare
Team size
3
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

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Panacea on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Panacea provides AI-native FDA regulatory services for Biotechs and Medical Device companies. We hire the most experienced FDA consultants in the industry (ex-FDA, decades of experience, hundreds of filings) and pair them with our AI platform to enable the fastest and lowest cost pathway to FDA approval. While other regulatory consultants bill hourly, our pricing model is simple: fixed, outcome-based pricing. Payment is only due when milestones are complete. We support all FDA regulatory pathways including IND, NDA, BLA, ODD, Pre-Subs, 510(k), De Novo, PMA, IDE, BDD, etc. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "Panacea combines an ex-FDA regulatory team with a specialized in-house AI platform to accelerate your FDA approval across 510(k), De Novo, PMA, IND, NDA and BLA pathways." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Haris Javed-Akhtar, Founder/CEO: ex-GTM (Partnerships Lead) @ Anterior - backed by Sequoia, NEA and Microsoft AI's CEO. MD, Imperial College Medical School, Imperial College Business School. (source)
  • Yaman Ziadeh, Founder/CTO: Ex-AI Platform Engineer @ Anterior - backed by Sequoia, NEA and Microsoft AI's CEO. MS in AI from University of Illinois, Chicago. Ex-Software Engineer @ Bloomberg on the NoSQL data Infrastructure Team. Co-founded & bootstrapped Baqi, scaled to $5M+ in transactions with 20+ enterprise partnerships. (source)

Timeline

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

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Where else to launch Panacea

  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • BetaList ↗
    Self-promotion allowedPaid
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • CoFoundersLab ↗
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    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Invincible Product Hunters (Global) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Telegram channel readers; URL-first, attention-light
  • Launching Next ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • LaunchPedia ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • MicroLaunch ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories

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