The a16z Show · Sunday, September 6, 2026
Julie Yoo reflects on her 18 years in healthcare, calling her journey with her company, Cyris, a '15-year overnight success.' She co-founded Cyris around 2010 with the thesis of solving patient access paradoxes in healthcare.
“I've been in the healthcare industry now for probably, gosh, 18 years at this point, and I was too early.”
“And so that was the thesis behind our company Cyris was, how do you sort of solve this patient access paradox by creating a single system of appointment inventory across the healthcare system and the ability to route patients to the right doctor at the right appointing in such a way that you could actually effectively utilize that capacity much more efficiently.”
“We actually sold the company last year. Congratulations. Yeah, so huge. A decade paid off. Yeah. It was like a 15-year overnight success.”