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HYBRD

coaching agents for athletes

Y CombinatorFall 2024ActiveConsumerHealth TechConsumerFitnessDigital Health

What they do

Problem

Athletes lack truly personalized, goal-aware training plans that can adapt to real-world constraints and multi-sport data despite having abundant wearable and workout data.

Solution

HYBRD aggregates wearable data and workout logs via an AI logger to generate personalized coaching-driven training programs that adapt across activities and constraints.

Who it's for

Endurance and strength athletes who want individualized coaching and training plans informed by their wearable and training data.

Founders

Ben Katz
Founder

Co-Founder & CEO of HYBRD. Led growth at WHOOP. VP for fitness portfolio at Appex (mobile app roll-up). Ironman + ultra finisher, but weightlifter at heart.

Matt Ruiters
Founder

🇿🇦 Co-founder & CTO of HYBRD. Former senior software engineer and “bar-raiser” at AWS. Ironman 70.3 x2, HYROX athlete, junior US national rugby team. Claude Coach in my spare time.

Caroline "Shoe" Shoemaker
Founder

Co-founder & COO of HYBRD. First analytics team hire at WHOOP, VP for productivity portfolio at Appex (mobile app roll-up company). Ironman and HYROX athlete, former competitive swimmer. On a mission to #BeatTheBoys .

Mats Terwiesch
Founder

Co-founder of HYBRD. Led core product teams at WHOOP while training on the US national rowing team. Previously published health + AI research at Harvard.

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