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§ Private Profile · San Francisco, CA, USA
AI-powered diagnostic collaboration platform for teleradiology and imaging diagnostics, serving healthcare providers with expert analysis.
Based in San Francisco, California, Braid Health develops an artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic collaboration platform designed specifically for radiology departments and broader healthcare providers. The company integrates advanced machine learning technologies with a network of board-certified radiologists to deliver faster, lower-cost medical imaging diagnostics through remote teleradiology services. Its proprietary software infrastructure primarily targets urgent care centers, specialized teleradiology firms, and extensive networks of medical imaging facilities seeking improved access to expert clinical analysis. To scale its engineering operations and expand its provider network connections, the enterprise has raised $9 million in combined seed and Series A financing. This capital was secured from prominent venture capital investors including Lux Capital, Rucker Park Capital, and individual backers such as Adam Bain and Dick Costolo. Braid Health was established in 2018 by co-founders Kevin Quennesson, Alessandro Sabatelli, and Jeffrey De Flavio.
Braid Health has raised $21.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Braid Health has raised $21.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Braid Health has raised $21.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Seed in May 2020.
Braid Health is a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company founded in 2018 that builds an AI-powered diagnostic platform focused on radiology and medical imaging.[1][3][4] It serves patients, urgent care centers, health systems, and retail pharmacies by providing rapid access to AI-driven insights, board-certified radiologist second opinions, and real-time imaging collaboration tools, solving delays in diagnostics, cumbersome sharing of results, and limited patient access to actionable health data.[1][3][4][5] The platform has served over 650,000 patients, raised $9 million in seed and Series A funding led by Lux Capital, and secured partnerships like Walmart Health, demonstrating strong growth in democratizing expert diagnostics.[4][5][6]
Braid Health was co-founded in 2018 by Kevin Quennesson (CEO) and Alessandro Sabatelli, both former developers at Apple (behind Apple Watch, iPhone, and Siri) and Twitter.[1][4] The idea emerged from personal tragedy: the founders experienced cancer's toll on their families, exposing healthcare's limitations in diagnostics and information access during critical times.[1] Leveraging their tech expertise, they launched to make comprehensive diagnostics accessible, starting with an AI-powered teleradiology platform for faster, lower-cost expert diagnosis.[4] Early traction included $9 million in funding from Lux Capital, Rucker Park Capital (with investors like former Twitter CEO Adam Bain and COO Dick Costolo), enabling team expansion and platform development.[4]
Braid Health rides the AI-in-healthcare wave, specifically agentic AI for diagnostics amid rising demand for decentralized, patient-centered care post-COVID.[1][4][5] Timing aligns with radiology labor shortages, imaging backlogs, and telehealth normalization, where AI augments (not replaces) radiologists for 24/7 access.[3][4] Market forces like cost pressures on health systems and consumer shift to self-service health tools favor its model, reducing hospital visits via rapid insights.[2][5] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering hybrid AI-human platforms, enabling retail giants like Walmart to expand clinical services and pushing competitors toward integrated imaging AI.[6][7]
Braid Health is poised to scale its Agentic Radiology and consumer-facing AI tools, potentially dominating direct-to-patient diagnostics as AI maturity grows and regulations ease.[1][5] Trends like multimodal AI (combining imaging with EHRs) and home-based care will amplify its reach, especially via retail partnerships.[6] Influence may evolve from niche teleradiology to a full health data platform, tying back to its origins: turning personal loss into universal access to expertise, now supercharged by AI for the next era of empowered healthcare.[1][4]
Braid Health has raised $21.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Braid Health's investors include Zavain Dar, Adam Bain, Rucker Park Capital, Lux Capital, 01 Advisors, 20VC, Accomplice VC, Adverb Ventures, AngelList Syndicator, AngelPad, Chloe Sladden, Jana Messerschmidt.