Ascenix

Pull every fall, dehydration event and behavior from the progress notes and show which follow-ups the home's policy still requires before the morning huddle: that is the kind of request a director of care can put to Ascenix in plain words. The company then assembles the workflow from pre-tested blocks, so nobody at the home builds or configures anything.

## Workflows from reusable blocks

Each workflow chains data input, text extraction, the home's own rules, task assignment and a dashboard. The site shows incident analysis, compliance gaps, a queue of care found in notes but missing from the MDS assessment, a check of private-pay invoices against the care record, and shift coverage with overtime risk. A family-updates workflow is marked new.

## Reads the chart, never writes

Ascenix says it is read-only on the chart, strips identifiers before analysis and sends no personal health information to public models. It names PointClickCare as a partner and cites HIPAA, PHIPA and PIPEDA, with data stored in Toronto for Canadian clients.

## One operator's figures

For Responsive Health Management, with 12 communities live, the site reports 80 percent less time on manual fall analysis and 15 percent fewer non-compliance incidents within three months.

## Two founders who lived in a home

Rishi and Ayaan Esmail lived in a retirement home for a few months before building the product, and say they serve facilities in Ontario, Massachusetts, Ohio and Florida.

## Key facts

**Maker:** Ascenix **Founders:** Rishi and Ayaan Esmail **Launched:** 5 November 2026 on Y Combinator's launch board **YC batch:** Fall 2026 **Pricing:** not published; the site says it is free if it does not work for you **Platforms:** web app on top of the home's EHR **Location:** Toronto, ON **Website:** ascenix.co

Not yet independently verified: No maker launch date, so it is dated from the Y Combinator launch listing. The 80 and 15 percent figures come from one operator's case study on its own site, the privacy and compliance statements are the company's own, and no pricing is published. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.