lloydarmbrust
Joined 17 years ago
Joined 17 years ago
I don't want to assume, but if you've used one, you would understand the benefits are far greater than weight loss.
I think the only thing that separates us is that we manufacture the drugs and probably own more of the supply chain than they do. But they're doing a much better job on the front end.
I was Stripe's first customer in 2010, so we solved the credit card processing issue :) it turns out that being in YC is good for more than just money.
You are right about HIPAA, everyone thinks this is much harder than it actually is, but GCP, OpenAI, Linq, everyone has given us a BAA.
We're definitely not trying to go after the market of people that are comfortable buying from Chinese suppliers and risking their health. When I built my mask factory, our masks were absolutely more expensive than Chinese masks, but what people were buying was a guarantee that it would meet certain filtration requirements. Some people are willing to pay for safety, but it's not important to everyone.
The only thing I really disagree with with you on is that this isn't a YC-scale company.
We are growing 56% compounded week -over-week, and I have every expectation we'll do $10 million this year, $100 million next.
We are making something that people are already buying and getting it to them in a safer, more cost-effective way.
Point taken that RUO people are just yoloing this, I was one of them. Now, I can tell you that having a doctor in the loop with my health is very helpful.
The legal cutout that we have is on the personalization front, which is very well protected. The trick is that most compounders are not actually personalizing, and we are. Our feedback loop allows us to do real personalization on a week-by-week basis.