Local by default
The core experience should run on the user's device. Cloud can be optional later, but never the hidden default.
About Somach Inc.
The memory layer for human health.
For a decade, health tech meant upload everything, trust the server, and hope policy pages were enough. Now the phones people already own can run the intelligence locally. The thesis flipped. Health memory can stay with the person.
Principles
How we build.
Readable records
People should be able to keep, inspect, and move their own record. If the data is yours, it should remain legible without us.
Hardware-aware
Good health tooling cannot assume flagship devices only. We build for real phones, real constraints, and real everyday use.
Founder
Carl Kho.
Computational Sciences, Minerva University '26. Former SRE at Dell (chaos engineering on 100TB+ Kubernetes clusters). Qualcomm On-Device AI Grand Champion. Google Cloud Gen AI Top 50 APAC. Thiel Fellowship final round.
Cebu, Seoul, Hyderabad, San Francisco. Health Passport came from a simple frustration: family medical memory was trapped in envelopes, folders, and disconnected files. The system was the problem, so the product had to start from ownership.
Qualcomm × Nexa AI Grand Champion
Google Play Accelerator invitee
Founders Inc. Canopy '26
Google Cloud Gen AI Top 50 APAC
USD Fowler social innovation finalist
Built and shipped
Real screens. Real product.
Public proof.
- Qualcomm × Nexa Grand Champion · $6,500 · 2026
- Google AI for Impact · Top 1 of 22,900 · $8,000
- Omi MCP Developer Grand Prize · $25,000
- Google Cloud Gen AI · Top 50 APAC · 2026
- USD Fowler finalist · $25k legal credit · 2026
- Thiel Fellowship final round · 2026
Current.
- Founders Inc. · Canopy '26
- Off Season II · San Francisco · Jun 24 – Aug 7
- Google Play Accelerator · invited cohort
- Qualcomm AI partnerships · ongoing hardware support