Hippocratic AI is a technology company.
Hippocratic AI has raised $390.0M across 5 funding rounds.
Hippocratic AI has raised $390.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Hippocratic AI has raised $390.0M in total across 5 funding rounds.
Hippocratic AI's investors include 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins.
Hippocratic AI is a technology company building the first safety-focused large language model (LLM) for healthcare, named Polaris, which powers AI agents for patient-facing tasks like chronic care management, post-discharge follow-ups, wellness surveys, and medication checks via phone conversations[1][2][3][8][9]. These agents serve patients directly while targeting healthcare providers such as hospitals, telehealth companies, clinics, and systems like WellSpan Health as customers, solving clinician shortages and administrative burdens by automating non-diagnostic interactions with clinical validation and empathy[1][2][7][8]. The company raised $53 million in Series A funding at a $500 million valuation, demonstrating strong growth momentum through partnerships with NVIDIA, AWS, and early deployments like WellSpan's colorectal health pilot and a hurricane response reaching 100,000 patients in one day[2][5][8][9].
Hippocratic AI was co-created in 2023 by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz alongside CEO Munjal Shah, a seasoned entrepreneur with expertise in machine learning and healthcare, and his co-founders, emphasizing a "safety-first" approach inspired by the Hippocratic Oath and the tagline "Do no harm"[2][5]. The idea emerged from recognizing AI's potential to address global healthcare worker shortages—projected at 15 million—through responsible generative AI, with General Catalyst's Health Assurance Ecosystem providing foundational support for proactive, equitable care via Healthcare General Intelligence (HGI)[5][6]. Early traction included rigorous phased safety testing, transparent result publication, and a $53 million Series A led by key investors, enabling pilots like WellSpan's launch as the first full integration of patient-facing GenAI agents[2][8].
Hippocratic AI rides the generative AI wave in healthcare, targeting a staffing crisis amid clinician burnout and a 15 million worker global shortfall, where AI enables "clinical abundance" by augmenting—not replacing—humans for equitable access[1][2][6][9]. Timing aligns with advances in multimodal LLMs and GPU infrastructure (NVIDIA H200 on AWS), enabling low-latency, empathetic agents post-ChatGPT era, while market forces like U.S. healthcare labor shortages and rising telehealth demand favor safety-certified solutions over generic AI[1][5][9]. It influences the ecosystem by pioneering governance for Responsible HGI, co-created with VCs and providers, setting standards for bias mitigation, privacy, and validation that could accelerate AI adoption in regulated industries[5][8].
Hippocratic AI is positioned to expand its staffing marketplace with more agents for high-volume workflows, leveraging clinical validations and partnerships to capture share in a trillion-dollar healthcare AI market. Trends like multimodal AI, edge computing for latency, and regulatory pushes for safe HGI will propel growth, potentially evolving it into a platform for global health equity. As the safety benchmark in patient-facing AI, its influence could redefine workforce transformation, tying back to its founding mission of harm-free abundance.
Hippocratic AI has raised $390.0M across 5 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $130.0M Series C in November 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2025 | $130.0M Series C | 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins | |
| Jan 1, 2025 | $140.0M Series B | 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins | |
| Sep 1, 2024 | $17.0M Series A | 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins | |
| Mar 1, 2024 | $53.0M Series A | 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins | |
| May 1, 2023 | $50.0M Seed | 7wire Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins |