‘LLM-Native’ Startup Parakeet Bringing AI to Physician Practice Call Centers

Healthcare Innovation October 16, 2024
David Raths

Company lands $3 million in seed funding led by Canvas Ventures with participation from CoFound Partners, StoryHouse Ventures and several individual investors

After securing $3 million in seed funding led by Canvas Ventures, startup Parakeet Health has launched a generative AI voice platform focused on patient engagement. Two of the San Francisco-based company’s executives recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about what’s involved in bringing generative AI to physician practice call centers.

CEO Jung Park previously held executive positions at One Medical and Epocrates, and co-founder Eric Mao led product and engineering teams at Microsoft and Primer AI.

Healthcare Innovation: Why did you decide to focus your generative AI efforts on the patient contact aspect of healthcare?

Park: People may think...

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