Amigo AI
Category: AI in Healthcare
Amigo AI is a platform for building, training, and deploying patient-facing clinical AI agents for healthcare organizations. Amigo AI was founded in 2023. The company is led by Ali Khokhar. Based in New York, New York, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $17M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Madrona, Optum Ventures, General Catalyst, GSV Ventures.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- New York, New York, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $17M
Value proposition
Amigo enables healthcare organizations to extend their care teams with AI agents trained like doctors — through a proprietary "Digital Residency" model involving millions of simulated patient scenarios, achieving 100% safety pass rate before real patient interaction.
Products and solutions
Amigo Platform: Build, train, and deploy clinical AI agents for patient-facing workflows including intake & triage, scheduling & reminders, proactive outreach, pre-visit preparation, between-visit support, post-visit follow-up, medication management, pre-visit summary, clinical scribe & copilot, care plan generation, referral management. Specialties: Primary Care, Orthopedic Care, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Cancer Care, Digital Health.
Unique value
Only platform that trains clinical AI agents through a "Digital Residency" (simulated patient encounters) modeled on each organization's actual patient population, with 100% safety pass rate, zero safety incidents across 3M+ autonomous patient encounters, native EHR integrations (Epic, Oracle Health, Athenahealth), and support for 100+ languages.
Target customer
Healthcare organizations including health systems, digital health companies, telemedicine providers, and specialty clinics.
Industries served
Healthcare (Primary Care, Orthopedic Care, Women's Health, Behavioral Health, Cancer Care, Digital Health)
Technology advantage
Proprietary "Digital Residency" training methodology; multi-agent architecture enabling collaboration across clinical workflows; native integrations with major EHRs (Epic, Oracle Health, Athenahealth); HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR compliance; continuous learning and drift detection; 100+ language support.
How they differentiate
Amigo's "Digital Residency" approach trains AI agents like doctors — on millions of simulated patient scenarios modeled on each healthcare organization's specific population, with adversarial edge cases, before any real patient interaction. This is distinct from off-the-shelf AI agents. The company reports 100% safety pass rate on clinical safety metrics, zero safety incidents across 3M+ patient encounters, and 98% of patient interactions not requiring human escalation.
Main competitors
Hippocratic AI, Hyro, Notable Health
Key partnerships
Eucalyptus (global telehealth network), Diverge Health, The Care Clinic, Native integrations with Epic, Oracle Health, Athenahealth EHRs
Notable customers
Eucalyptus, Diverge Health, The Care Clinic
Major milestones
Raised $6.3M Seed round co-led by General Catalyst and GSV Ventures (2024), Appointed Dr. Jay Shah (Chief of Medical Staff, Stanford Health Care) as Chief Medical Officer, Surpassed 3M autonomous patient encounters with zero safety incidents, Raised $11M Series A led by Madrona with Optum Ventures (March 2026), Total funding $17M
Growth metrics
3M+ patient encounters completed; 100% safety record; 98% of patient interactions do not require human escalation; 24x ROI reported; 100% pass rate on clinical safety metrics; Nearly doubled team in 3 months (as of March 2026)
Market positioning
Amigo positions itself as the "trusted AI infrastructure for healthcare" — a platform approach vs. point solutions. Competes with both healthcare-specific AI agent platforms (Hippocratic AI, Hyro, Notable Health) and general-purpose AI agent builders, differentiating on clinical safety rigor and the Digital Residency training model.
Geographic focus
United States (primary), with global expansion across 100+ languages
About Ali Khokhar
Ex-Product Lead at Upwork Labs (Upwork's internal incubator); Ex-Google (core ads team, consumer growth team). B.Com. from Queen's University.
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Official website: https://www.amigo.ai