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Creating workplace wellbeing.
We're a Top YCombinator S16 and YCG F19 company empowering people to live healthy and blissful lives. We create healthy and happy employees through nutrition and wellness services. We have built a sophisticated tech stack utilizing AI and IoT to enable a flexible supply chain, being completely asset lite, and full wellbeing analytics. We work with some of world’s top companies such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Kaiser, Stanford, Stripe, Nike, Lyft, and many more.
garten provides complete office food service and kitchen management, combining pantry, catering, self-serve markets, and wellbeing programs to improve employee engagement and workplace wellness. The offering emphasizes visible analytics, nutrition-focused selection, and flexible on-site or remote-ready solutions for multiple cities internationally.
garten offers a connected office food program featuring: a proprietary analytics dashboard for expense visibility and usage optimization; a self-serve market with cashless kiosks for quick meals; curated pantry and breakroom services with nutritionist-approved, plant-rich and minimally processed items; catering and café-style dining options; and wellness programming including virtual global classes. The platform tracks tasks, orders, budgets, and feedback, enabling flexible management of office kitchens, deliveries, and inventory across multiple locations.
Who it’s for: Businesses seeking to enhance workplace wellbeing and employee engagement through on-site food service and wellness programs; organizations with distributed or hybrid workforces in cities across the US and internationally.
mentions being a leading Corporate Wellness Services Company of 2025 and YC-backed top start-up; mentions growth across numerous cities and international availability; ongoing product development and analytics capability.
Michael is building the largest AI Layer 1 to make AI a public good. Prev. founder & CEO of garten, a Ycombinator Top (S16, YCG F19) and Stanford StartX company. Michael started in technical product management and software engineering at SAP and Microsoft, then worked at Bain and Bridgwater Associates before becoming an entrepreneur. Educated at Stanford (Threshold Venture Fellow, OnTrack Innovation Scholar), Harvard, UC Berkeley (summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Americorps Bonner Leader).
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