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Torch

Category: AI in Healthcare

A medical context engine designed to unify fragmented personal health records into a structured, AI-ready data layer for personalized healthcare applications. Torch was founded in 2024. The company is led by Ilya Abyzov. Based in San Francisco, USA. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $60.0M. Latest round: Acquisition ($60.0M, Jan 2026). Key investors include ["OpenAI"].

Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Team size
1-10
Total funding
$60.0M

Value proposition

Solves the 'medical memory' problem by aggregating disparate health data into a unified context engine, enabling AI to provide hyper-personalized medical advice based on a user's full history.

Products and solutions

["Unified Medical Context Engine","Personal Health Record (PHR) Aggregator","AI-Ready Health Data API","LLM Integration Layer for Medical History"]

Unique value

Focuses specifically on the 'context layer' of healthcare, transforming raw, fragmented medical records into a structured format that LLMs can actually process and reason across.

Target customer

Individual patients seeking personalized health insights, healthcare AI developers, and Large Language Model (LLM) providers.

Industries served

["Healthcare Technology","Artificial Intelligence","Personal Health Management","Data Infrastructure"]

Technology advantage

Led by a 'mafia' of ex-Forward and ex-Uber executives with deep expertise in scaling tech-enabled primary care and complex marketplace logistics; proprietary data-structuring heuristics for medical records.

How they differentiate

Torch differentiates by moving beyond simple data aggregation to create a 'medical context engine.' While competitors focus on the interoperability and transfer of records, Torch structures fragmented data into an AI-ready reasoning layer specifically designed for LLM 'medical memory.'

Main competitors

["Particle Health","PicnicHealth","Metriport"]

Key partnerships

["OpenAI (Strategic Acquirer)","Health data aggregators and EMR/EHR connectivity providers"]

Notable customers

["OpenAI (Strategic Acquirer)","Beta users in stealth phase"]

Major milestones

["Founded in early 2024 by ex-Forward and ex-Uber leadership team","Developed proprietary 'medical context engine' for structured health data","Acquired by OpenAI for $60M in January 2026 to bolster healthcare AI capabilities"]

Growth metrics

Acquired by OpenAI to serve as the healthcare data layer for future medical AI models.

Market positioning

Specialized AI-infrastructure provider for personalized healthcare and LLM integration.

Geographic focus

North America (primarily USA due to HIPAA and FHIR data standards)

Patents and IP

No registered patents disclosed as of latest update; proprietary data processing pipelines.

About Ilya Abyzov

Ilya Abyzov is a high-pedigree founder with a track record of scaling hyper-growth platforms. He was a co-founder of Forward (a tech-enabled primary care unicorn) and an early General Manager at Uber, where he was instrumental in launching uberX and managing the San Francisco market during its most critical growth phase.

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