Alpaca Health

Total raised$12.0M
Hiring pace305 roles / 90d
Founded2024
Team size1-10
HQNew York, New York
IndustriesHealthTech

About Alpaca Health

Alpaca Health is the operating system for autism care, dedicated to helping clinicians start, run, and scale their own practices by handling operational complexity that can hinder care. The company positions itself as a superior alternative to incumbents in autism-care practice management and has achieved rapid growth, reaching $2 million in revenue in eight months and expanding 30% month over month. It serves hundreds of autistic children across hundreds of clinics and recently closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The engineering team is a lean group of three led by Bao, the CTO and a former Meta/Instagram engineer who built Threads, with the company maintaining an office in New York.

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Company at a glance

Location
New York, New York

Founders & Leadership

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Bao Van

Founder at Alpaca Health (We're hiring!) | SPC Founder Fellow, ex-Meta, Duke CS

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Madhav Asok

Founding Engineer @ Alpaca Health

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Michael Gao

Connecting Families to Quality ABA from Local Providers | CEO at Alpaca Health

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Where Alpaca Health is hiring

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Other Specialized40%
  • Leadership20%
  • Sales20%
  • Engineering10%
  • Operations10%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Duke University
  2. 2.Columbia University
  3. 3.University of New South Wales
  4. 4.California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
  5. 5.Bastyr University

Team Worked At

  • Meta
  • Palantir Technologies
  • Benchling
  • United Biosource Corporation
  • WeCare Pharmacy

Team Composition

10 people
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Accounting1
  • Community and Social Services1
  • Consulting1
  • Engineering1 senior1
  • Healthcare Services1
  • Sales1

Culture & values

The engineering team is lean and high-velocity, consisting of three engineers led by Bao, with ownership expected and communication valued.

Ownership is expected and communication is valued, with everyone raising the bar for each other.

The team is small but mighty.

The role is hybrid, requiring three days in the NY office per week.

The culture emphasizes collaboration and accountability within the team.

There is a focus on building technology for non-tech-savvy audiences, indicating an accessible, user-centered approach.

Life at Alpaca Health

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