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Agentic Management Service for Care Organizations

Winter 2026Founded 20262 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Care Operations ManagementSaaSHome care, staffing, and care organizationsMedium competition
Moat
End-to-end operations automation; hiring and compliance expertise; integrations with care management systems; network effects.
Key risk
High-touch customer expectations; regulatory changes to labor and healthcare; competitive labor market may reduce ROI.
Why now
Care labor shortage critical; regulatory pressure on compliance; digital transformation of care operations accelerating.
Competitors
Homecare.com, Carefull, Care.com, Zebra, Integrass
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About

MochaCare is an agentic management service for care organizations. We handle hiring, scheduling, and client intake end-to-end so our partners can focus on growth.

Founders ยท 2

Nicolas Walker
Nicolas WalkerFounder, CEO
AmazonMicrosoftSpotifyStanford

BSCS, MSCS @ Stanford. Focused on AI/HCI. Previously worked at - Linktree: product engineering & growth experimentation - Spotify: personalization and product - Amazon (AWS): software engineering, data - Microsoft (Azure): software engineering, IoT I'm a former caregiver and have led a community service org with 300+ volunteers. I'm very grateful to be working in the care industry. My grandparents raised me as a child and giving back to our aging population is incredibly fulfilling for me.

Pranav Uppiliappan
Pranav UppiliappanFounder
UIUC

Co-Founder @ MochaCare | Masters in CS @ UIUC - AI Agents @ GoDaddy - ML Research Fellow @ UCSB - SWE @ DecisionMinds I spent eight years doing companion care for neurodiverse people and worked with US Congress to support legislation in the space. My grandparents also played a big role in my life (my grandpa taught me the times table). Now I'm building MochaCare โ€” the AI-native management service that supports care organizations that support older folks and neurodiverse people.

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