Cova

Cova is an AI-native home care agency licensed in Michigan and backed by Y Combinator (Summer 2026). The company serves Medicaid, long-term care insurance (LTCI), and private-pay patients, pays caregivers the highest base rate in the state, and helps unpaid family caregivers get paid through programs they may not know they qualify for. Cova operates a home care platform that connects caregivers with families needing in-home assistance, using an AI-driven operational model to reduce traditional agency overhead while maximizing caregiver compensation. Founded in 2026 by Jordan Ibe and Ansh Tandon, the team is based in Detroit, Michigan. Cova also runs MichiganHomeHelp.com as a Medicaid Home Help information resource. As a consumer home-care service, Cova does not currently publish a public API, developer portal, or developer documentation.

Cova is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Home Care, Healthcare, Caregiving, and Medicaid.

Cova’s developer surface includes support and 3 more developer resources.

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8.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyHome CareHealthcareCaregivingMedicaidLong-Term CareAIMarketplaceDetroitMichigan

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 8.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Company

Company

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cova
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
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  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cova.png
name: Cova
description: Cova is an AI-native home care agency licensed in Michigan and backed by Y Combinator (Summer 2026). The company
  serves Medicaid, long-term care insurance (LTCI), and private-pay patients, pays caregivers the highest base rate in the
  state, and helps unpaid family caregivers get paid through programs they may not know they qualify for. Cova operates a
  home care platform that connects caregivers with families needing in-home assistance, using an AI-driven operational model
  to reduce traditional agency overhead while maximizing caregiver compensation. Founded in 2026 by Jordan Ibe and Ansh Tandon,
  the team is based in Detroit, Michigan. Cova also runs MichiganHomeHelp.com as a Medicaid Home Help information resource.
  As a consumer home-care service, Cova does not currently publish a public API, developer portal, or developer documentation.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cova/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Home Care
- Healthcare
- Caregiving
- Medicaid
- Long-Term Care
- AI
- Marketplace
- Detroit
- Michigan
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cova-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://cova.care/
- type: Support
  url: mailto:questions@cova.care
- type: Company
  url: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cova
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence