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Seed funding from a16z, Index Ventures, Avid, Layout, SV Angel and Box Group, announced September 16. The product does the unglamorous part of healthcare navigation: find the right provider, place calls to confirm availability and insurance coverage, book the appointment, from a few patient messages. It reaches over one million patients across all 50 states through health system, insurer and care navigation partnerships, targeting five million by year end. Selling through the incumbent navigation platforms rather than around them is the distribution choice most vertical AI startups get wrong.
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