Norra
Fall 2025 · Active
Automating equipment operations for nursing facilities
Location: San Francisco, US
Founded: 2025
Team size: 2
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About
Nursing facilities are bleeding money and staff time due to operational chaos. They have zero visibility into their equipment and operations, leading to over-purchasing, equipment failures, and nurses spending hours hunting for things instead of caring for patients.
Norra creates a real-time view of everything happening in the facility. We use AI and autonomous tracking to transform operational chaos into proactive decision-making. Instead of reacting to equipment failures or over-purchasing because they can't find what they own, facilities get actionable insights that prevent waste before it happens.
Founders
Ben RubinCEO and Cofounder
Building the AI equipment operations platform for nursing facilities. CS + Math at Rice. Spent 1,000+ hours in hospitals and nursing facilities observing broken operations firsthand.
Yining ZhangFounder
Building the AI equipment operations platform for nursing facilities. I started in architecture, designing healthcare spaces. Later on, I worked on applied AI at MD Anderson Cancer Center and operational software for NASA. Now, I'm blending all these lenses to build the first operational intelligence for nursing facilities.