MochaCare

Nick Walker and Pranav Uppiliappan looked at the home care industry—the $150 billion beast that keeps seniors and disabled Americans in their homes—and said "you know what, let's make it actually work." They built MochaCare, a Y Combinator-backed platform that combines real human virtual assistants with AI superpowers to run home care agencies while they're sleeping. Literally. Mocha Managed handles scheduling, hiring, or both 24/7—so when Mrs. Johnson's caregiver doesn't show up at 6 AM, their AI already found 3 substitutes and Pranav is on the phone with the family before you've even had your coffee. That's not outsourcing. That's having an AI co-pilot that actually knows what's happening.

Nick came from Stanford with a BS and MS in Computer Science (AI), product-managed at Spotify, and wrote code at Microsoft, Amazon, and Linktree. Pranav has an MS from UIUC and a BS from UC Santa Barbara, spent time as an AI Product Manager at GoDaddy, and knows his way around machine learning. These aren't business kids who read about healthcare—they're engineers who built something that replaces the chaos of running a home care agency with actual order. Their AI handles the mundane stuff—missed clock-ins, availability updates, shift notes—while humans jump on emergencies and close top candidates before competitors do.

The secret sauce? Mocha Tools, their standalone AI platform. It's the first AI-powered ATS built specifically for home care. Configure your pipeline, let AI agents move candidates through every step, auto-collect TB tests, HCA status, and licenses. Indeed integration or custom forms—your choice. They also offer Mocha Managed, where their team (led by former caregivers with tech backgrounds) handles hiring, scheduling, or both while unlocking growth insights. You set the hours, they personalize to your agency, and you focus on growing. Home care agencies are drowning in administrative work. MochaCare just built the life raft.