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Level Zero Health is working on a potentially life-changing device for hormone health

Level Zero Health's co-founders Ula Rustamova and Irene Jia are swinging for the fences. They are attempting to invent a never-achieved technology that

Such kits attempt to measure hormones in urine, sweat, or saliva, but the results are wobbly at best, says Rustamova, who uses the word “pseudo science” to describe much of the home hormone-testing market. After her software engineering degree, she spent several years at Palantir, until she itched to found a company and joined Entrepreneur First, a program that helps people find both their co-founders and an idea. “We have spent an incredible amount of time speaking to expert clinicians, researchers in fertility, perimenopause, PCOS [polycystic ovary syndrome] and others to make sure that the data we are providing is relevant,” Jia said.

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