# David Stein

> David Stein is the co-founder and CEO of Ash (formerly Ash Wellness), a New York-based B2B platform that lets healthcare organizations run their own at-home testing programs. He launched the company out of Cornell Tech's MBA program in 2019 after a frustrating personal experience getting sexual health testing, first building a direct-to-consumer brand for the LGBTQ+ community and then pivoting to white-label infrastructure for providers and payers during COVID-19. Today Ash handles kit design, a CLIA/CAP-certified lab network, logistics, and patient-facing software across all 50 states, and has shipped more than a million test kits.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Ash
- **Organizations:** Ash (Ash Wellness), Forbes Technology Council, Cornell Tech
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA (one-year program, startup studio), Cornell Tech
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Ash, a B2B at-home diagnostics platform serving healthcare providers and payers across all 50 states, Raised a $10M Series A led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (2024), bringing total funding above $13M, Won Cornell Tech's startup award and secured a spot in the 500 Global accelerator

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2019** — Worked in education technology, startups, and management consulting in the public sector
- **2019** — Entered Cornell Tech's one-year MBA program and co-founded Ash as a startup studio capstone project
- **2020** — Won Cornell Tech's startup award (reported ~$100K) and joined the 500 Global accelerator (reported ~$250K)
- **2020** — Pivoted Ash from a direct-to-consumer STI testing brand to a B2B white-label at-home diagnostics platform during COVID-19; sold four pilots in the first month
- **2023** — Ash reported having raised roughly $6.6M to date (Crunchbase, CNBC)
- **2024** — Closed a $10M Series A led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund; total funding surpassed $13M
- **2024-2025** — Ash expands beyond sexual health into chronic-condition and preventive testing; surpasses one million kits shipped across all 50 states

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Ash, a B2B at-home diagnostics platform serving healthcare providers and payers across all 50 states
- Raised a $10M Series A led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (2024), bringing total funding above $13M
- Won Cornell Tech's startup award and secured a spot in the 500 Global accelerator
- Scaled Ash to more than one million custom test kits shipped, 10+ lab partners, and 100+ biomarkers
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council
- Named speaker at HLTH 2023

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Ash announced a $10M Series A led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund to expand at-home testing and close care gaps
- **2024-01** — Stein featured in Healthcare Brew discussing at-home testing as a lever for health access, with Ash covering 100+ conditions

## Links

- Website: https://www.poweredbyash.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidstein100/

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Last updated: 2026-07-20