Jobs with Startups
JobsStartupsInvestorsMCP
Startups

Durate

Durate logo

Durate

Automated physician scheduling

durate.com
HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA
1-10
Healthcare

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Durate is a San Francisco-based, YC Fall 2024 healthcare IT startup building AI-driven physician scheduling and coverage management software for hospitals, clinics, and residency programs. Public sources conflict on the founding story/date (origin story in 2023, public profiles list 2024) and on third-party revenue estimates; no public GitHub, X, careers page, or engineering blog surfaced in the available sources.

Primary product

AI-powered physician scheduling and coverage management platform

Founded

2024

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

1-10

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Sub-industry

Healthcare IT / physician scheduling software

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States
Atherton, California, United States

Business model

B2B SaaS
sales-led enterprise software

Funding

Stage

pre-seed

Total raised

$500K

Latest round

Pre-Seed · Dec 2024

Latest amount

$500K

Pre-Seed

Dec 2024 · Y Combinator

$500K

People & investors

Leadership

Michael Mounajjed

Founder, CEO, Developer

Ben Liu

Co-Founder & COO

Investors

Bardo Droege
Benjamin Bryant
Castle Island Ventures
Dave Yen
David Pastewka
Harry Qi
James Tan
JJ Fliegelman
Joe Montana
Katey Caldwell
Kaz Nejatian
Kulveer Taggar
Manav Bokinala
Matt Lenhard
Michael Ma
Michael Sklar
Nate Matherson
Nikos Liodakis
Ooshma Garg
Red Swan Ventures
Richard Aberman
Ride Ventures
Taro Fukayama
Taylor Adams
Will Nida
William Drevno
Xiaoyu Li
Y Combinator
Yash Kadadi
Yuri Sagalov

Work & culture

Founder-led and mission-driven, with a technical culture focused on reducing clinician administrative burden and modernizing outdated medical scheduling workflows.

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly listed; demo-led / sales-led.

Differentiators

  • —AI-powered scheduling that respects preferences, rules, and requirements
  • —Plain-English configuration without coding
  • —Integrates with major EHR and payroll systems
  • —Mobile support for swaps, real-time updates, and open-shift pickups
  • —Centralized source of truth for scheduling, payroll, compliance, and graduation requirements

Technology

AI/LLM
OpenAI
Google Analytics
Oneleet
SOC 2 Type 2 controls
iOS app
Android app
web app
EHR integrations
payroll integrations

Customers

hospitals
clinics
physician groups
residency programs
outpatient facilities
nursing homes
locum tenens agencies
physicians
administrators

Competitors

manual spreadsheet-based scheduling
in-house scheduling tools

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Low-confidence conflicting third-party estimates range from ~$220K ARR to ~$49.8M annual revenue.

Estimated monthly visits

6.4K

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

founders@durate.com+1-920-850-5768

Latest news

Portfolio Highlight: Durate (YC F24)

LinkedIn · Feb 2026

A 2026 LinkedIn post highlighted Durate’s physician scheduling platform, market positioning, and founders.

Durate - $500K Seed Stage Venture

Startup Intros · Dec 2024

Startup Intros reports a $500K round announced in December 2024, listing Castle Island Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Ride Ventures, and Y Combinator as investors.

Excited to say Ben Liu and I have left Rice to work full time on Durate (YC F24)

LinkedIn · Nov 2024

Michael Mounajjed posted that he and Ben Liu left Rice to work full time on Durate in San Francisco.

Five months ago, after being introduced by a mutual friend over a poker game, I met Michael Mounajjed for the first time at Audrey’s, the coffee shop in the business school.

LinkedIn · May 2024

Ben Liu described the early founding story and relationship with Michael Mounajjed before launching Durate.

Launch YC: Durate - Automated hospital scheduling and management

Y Combinator

YC’s launch post describes Durate as automated hospital scheduling and management software for healthcare institutions, emphasizing AI-driven back-office automation and a pilot at Harvard Psychiatry Residency.

AboutIntegrationsLinkedIn company pageLoginPrivacy policySecurityWebsiteYC company profileYC launch postYouTube
SourcesDurate homepageDurate about pageDurate security pageDurate privacy policyDurate terms of useDurate integrationsDurate build vs buyY Combinator company profileY Combinator launch postDurate LinkedIn company pageMichael Mounajjed LinkedInBen Liu LinkedInStartup Intros company profileStartup Intros seed announcement

Jobs and careers at Durate

0 jobs at Durate

No open positions

Check back later for new openings

Explore startup hiring

Startup Hiring PulseBrowse all startup jobsJobs at Y Combinator startupsJobs at early-stage startupsJobs at venture-backed startupsHealthcare startup jobs

Jobs with Startups © 2026

Browse jobsMCP guideAboutPowered by Supabase