Human Virtual Assistants Supercharged by AI for Care Agencies, Facilities, and More
| Company Name | MochaCare |
| Tagline / Value Proposition | Human Virtual Assistants Supercharged by AI for Care Agencies, Facilities, and More |
| City | San Francisco |
| Founded | 2026 |
| Team Size | 2 employees |
| Stage | YC Winter 2026 batch - Early stage, just launched from YC |
| Founders | Nicolas Walker (CEO) and Pranav Uppiliappan (Co-Founder) |
| Nicolas Walker Background | BSCS + MSCS @ Stanford, AI/HCI focus; former caregiver; previously: Linktree (product engineering), Spotify (personalization), Amazon AWS (software engineering), Microsoft Azure (IoT engineering) |
| Pranav Uppiliappan Background | Masters in CS @ UIUC (AI Agents at GoDaddy); ML Research Fellow @ UCSB; 8 years companion care for neurodiverse people; worked with US Congress on related legislation |
| Entity Type / Incorporation | Not publicly verified - California search results blocked (searches for SOS CA business registry, CompanyData, EntityCheck did not return specific entity records) |
| Public Email (company domain) | support@mochacare.com |
| What They Do | Agentic management service for care organizations - handles hiring, scheduling, and client intake end-to-end with AI agents and human oversight for home care agencies, facilities, and care organizations |
| Y Combinator Partner | Diana Hu |