
Collate is an AI platform designed to automate and streamline the creation of paperwork for companies in the diagnostic, medical device, and drug development sectors, covering the entire product lifecycle from concept to market. The company's mission is to accelerate life-saving innovations by producing accurate documentation, thereby enabling teams to focus more on core responsibilities and less on administrative tasks. Collate aims to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions securely and reliably, ultimately helping to bring life-saving innovations to patients sooner by reducing time to market for new drugs, diagnostics, and devices. They emphasize optimizing preclinical and clinical trials, enhancing quality management, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.

Collate is an AI platform designed to automate and streamline the creation of paperwork for companies in the diagnostic, medical device, and drug development sectors, covering the entire product lifecycle from concept to market. The company's mission is to accelerate life-saving innovations by producing accurate documentation, thereby enabling teams to focus more on core responsibilities and less on administrative tasks. Collate aims to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions securely and reliably, ultimately helping to bring life-saving innovations to patients sooner by reducing time to market for new drugs, diagnostics, and devices. They emphasize optimizing preclinical and clinical trials, enhancing quality management, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.
What they do: AI platform that automates creation and management of regulated documentation for diagnostics, medical devices, and drug development.
Market focus: Life‑sciences R&D, preclinical/clinical trials, quality management, and regulatory submissions.
Security posture: Encryption at rest (AES‑256), TLS for transport, zero‑retention for third‑party AI, SSO/MFA support.
Founders: Nate Smith and Surbhi Sarna
Reported funding signal: Early‑stage venture backing including Redpoint, First Round, Y Combinator, Conviction; reported $30M total funding
Regulated documentation and quality workflows for life‑sciences product development (drugs, diagnostics, medical devices).
2025
DeepTech
30000000
Reported seed/early funding with investor participation from Redpoint, First Round, Y Combinator, Conviction
“Redpoint; First Round Capital; Y Combinator; Conviction”
About Collate Collate is an AI document generation platform for life sciences. We automate paperwork with AI, helping our customers get life-saving innovations to patients years faster. Collate is an end-to-end solution, powering every step of drug, diagnostic, and medical device development—from concept to market.
Our CEO Surbhi Sarna is a former General Partner at Y Combinator. Surbhi founded nVision Medical, which developed a new method to detect ovarian cancer and was acquired by Boston Scientific. Our CTO Nate Smith is a former Visiting Partner at Y Combinator and founder of Lever. Our AI researchers, engineers, and designers have worked at Google, Nvidia, Meta, Netflix, Amazon, AirBnB, Hippocratic AI, and Grail, and 40% of our team are former founders.
We’re a small, elite team, with over $30M in seed funding from top investors (Redpoint, First Round Capital, Conviction, and Y Combinator) and leaders in healthcare and AI. This is a rare chance to join at the ground floor of a company with world-changing potential, experienced founders, and resources to execute at scale.
About The Role We’re looking for a Sr Implementation Manager to join our early team and help build the foundation for how we onboard and support customers using Windchill. From the moment a deal closes, you’ll own the customer journey — designing onboarding experiences, configuring solutions, and ensuring our product drives immediate value. You’ll work side-by-side with customers to understand their workflows, translate needs into product setups, and guide them through successful adoption. Collate is a fully in-person company based in San Francisco.
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Why Join Collate?
Impact: Build systems and experiences that touch real patients and providers, improving healthcare outcomes.
Ownership: Shape both our product experience and our engineering culture from the start.
Learning: Collaborate with a uniquely interdisciplinary team—AI researchers, healthcare leaders, and experienced startup builders.
Upside: Join a company early enough to have meaningful equity and career-defining impact.
The base salary range for this role is competitive, depending on experience and level (Tier 1, San Francisco)
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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