Naofel Bentayeb

Building a preventive health company in Paris.

Learned to work with my hands in my father's electronics shop.

My sister went into medicine. I went to 42. Didn't get in the first time. Got in the second, they hired me. During school I worked on IOTA, 42's project with the Éducation nationale.

Then Formal (YC), as a backend engineer. Then Meldo, a tool for repair shops — my father's world. Applied to YC. Didn't get in.

Then Wharf, with two friends from 42. YC interviewed us. Didn't take us.

My sister and I dared each other to switch once we were done. I started a biology degree.