This Startup Is Automating America's Biggest Hospitals

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 9, 2026

Duration

32m

Channel

YC Root Access

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

In this episode of Founder Firesides, YC General Partner Aaron Epstein sat down with Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran, the Founder of Luminai (S20), which just raised a $38M Series B. Luminai is the AI transformation partner for health systems, automating the manual operational workflows for hospitals like Cleveland Clinic that still run on faxes and paper. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Aaron Epstein

  host

  Host on YC Root Access who interviews startup founders about their companies and growth.

• Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran

  guest

  Founder of Luminai, an AI automation partner for U.S. health systems.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Aaron Epstein and Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran, This Startup Is Automating America's Biggest Hospitals explores luminai automates hospital operations by turning faxes into workflows Luminai positions itself as an AI transformation partner for US health systems, moving operational workflows from manual human work to software-driven processes.

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