LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Founder Sabrine Obbad said ALARA was featured in Times Square and claimed more than 600 offices use the product, with average savings of 30–35% on supplies.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Alara is a Y Combinator-backed dental procurement platform that lets dental practices compare real-time pricing across connected suppliers, keep existing vendor relationships, and order from a single cart. The company positions itself as a free, AI-assisted way for independent practices, group practices, and DSOs to reduce supply costs and administrative work.
Primary product
AI-powered dental procurement and price-comparison platform
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Ramsey, New Jersey, United States
Team size
2-10 employees
Industry
Healthtech
Sub-industry
Dental procurement software
Business model
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Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Sep 2025 · Y Combinator
Investors
Early-stage, founder-led, and shipping-oriented; public messaging emphasizes empathy, collaboration, speed, and a customer-first perspective rooted in the founders’ own dental-practice experience.
Compensation
Public hiring copy mentions a competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity for a full-stack role; no broader compensation bands were published.
Benefits
Pricing
Free to use for practices; no subscription, per-order, or per-transaction fees disclosed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Founder Sabrine Obbad said ALARA was featured in Times Square and claimed more than 600 offices use the product, with average savings of 30–35% on supplies.
Patient Win · Feb 2026
Podcast interview with Sabrine Obbad covering the company origin, the procurement pain point in dentistry, YC experience, and the product vision.
LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Company relaunch post describing a rebuilt product, new partnerships, one-search/one-cart workflow, and lifetime-free membership for early users.
LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Post tied to YC S25 demo day positioning ALARA as a B2B SaaS company in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch.