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Avo (AvoMD)

Category: AI in Healthcare

Clinical AI platform that transforms Electronic Health Records into intelligent systems of action, providing AI-powered scribing, charting, clinical decision support, and workflow automation for healthcare enterprises. Avo (AvoMD) was founded in 2020. The company is led by Dr. Yair Saperstein, MD MPH. Based in New York, NY, United States. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $18M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Noro-Moseley Partners, AlleyCorp, Las Olas Venture Capital, MedMountain Ventures, Epsilon Health, Scrub Capital, Dunamu & Partners, Mirae Asset Global Investments, FuturePlay, SpringCamp, World Trade Ventures, 500 Startups.

Founded
2020
Headquarters
New York, NY, United States
Team size
11-50
Total funding
$18M

Value proposition

AI-powered clinical platform embedded directly within EHRs that synthesizes patient data, medical guidelines, and payer policies into a single workflow — reducing clinician burnout, cutting documentation time by 35%, and delivering measurable ROI ($11.6M cost savings demonstrated)

Products and solutions

Avo Platform (AI-powered clinical copilot suite including: Chart Assist for chart creation and automated medical record generation, Ask Avo / AI Consult for clinical decision support, AI Scribe for ambient listening and documentation, Clinical Pathways for digitizing evidence-based guidelines, Discharge planning and ordering automation)

Unique value

Only clinical AI platform that combines no-code DNA (for easy health system configuration) with LLM-based AI, deep EHR integrations (Epic, athenahealth, MEDITECH), and trusted knowledge partnerships (DynaMed/EBSCO, MCG Health, KDIGO) — all within a single governed, enterprise-ready platform

Target customer

Healthcare enterprises: rural & small hospitals, large & mid-size hospitals, ambulatory care organizations, and life sciences / knowledge partners

Industries served

Healthcare (inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, urgent care, ambulatory care, rural health systems)

How they differentiate

Founded by practicing clinicians who experienced burnout firsthand; started as a no-code clinical app builder enabling health systems to digitize their own guidelines without IT dependency; evolved into an AI platform with deep EHR-native integrations; unique knowledge partner model embedding trusted evidence (DynaMed, MCG, KDIGO) directly into clinical workflows; measurable ROI with published case studies showing $11.6M cost savings, 35% reduction in note time, and 28% increase in completed outpatient encounters

Main competitors

AgileMD (clinical decision support), AITRICS (AI-based medical services), Dawn Health, Arine, Pathway

Key partnerships

EBSCO Clinical Decisions / DynaMed (strategic knowledge partnership), MCG Health (evidence-based guidelines integration), KDIGO (kidney disease guidelines), Epic, athenahealth, MEDITECH (EHR integrations), Mount Sinai Health System (Elementa Labs incubator)

Notable customers

Children's Minnesota (7th largest pediatric health system in US), PM Pediatrics (largest pediatric urgent care provider), Ozarks Healthcare, Fresenius Medical Care, Samsung Medical Center (Korea)

Major milestones

2021: Raised $3M seed round with Korean investors, joined Mount Sinai Elementa Labs incubator, 2022/2023: Raised $5M seed round led by AlleyCorp, evolved from no-code app builder to AI platform, 2025: Named to New York Digital Health 100, 2026: Raised $10M Series A led by Noro-Moseley Partners, announced strategic partnership with EBSCO Clinical Decisions/DynaMed, expanded partnerships with MCG Health and KDIGO

Growth metrics

$11.6M in cost savings across a multinational ambulatory organization; 35% reduction in note time per patient; $7.5M increased annual reimbursement from clinical documentation improvement; 28% increase in completed outpatient encounters; 35% improved dosing quality compliance

Market positioning

Emerging leader in the clinical AI platform space, positioned at the intersection of EHR-integrated clinical decision support, AI-powered documentation, and workflow automation — competing against both legacy CDS vendors and newer AI-native health IT startups

Geographic focus

United States (primary), with expansion into South Korea via Korea operations team

About Dr. Yair Saperstein, MD MPH

Dual board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics; affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital; served on implementation team for multiple Epic EHR go-lives; Inpatient Medicine Chief Resident at Kings County Hospital leading 400+ providers through NYC's first COVID wave; Co-founded two non-profits (StartScience.org, Teach4Kids.org); Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD with distinction); SUNY Downstate (MPH in Hospital Policy and Management)

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