Counsel Health is an AI-enabled virtual care company that combines medical AI with in-house physicians to deliver immediate, personalized guidance for nearly any medical concern. Built with enterprise-grade safety standards and AI safety guardrails, Counsel partners with health plans, employers, and ecosystem partners to provide a modern, physician-supervised front door to care that significantly improves member access to care while ensuring clinical quality. By replacing outdated access points like nurse advice lines and legacy telehealth, Counsel helps organizations reduce high-cost claims, increase utilization of existing benefits, and improve engagement, all while delivering care that is reliable, cost-effective, and scalable.
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🎙️ I had the pleasure of going back to Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (virtually!) and joining Abhinav Balu on Healthscape, a podcast focused on innovation in healthcare. We dove into the role of AI in changing care delivery patterns and its potential role as a lifelong care companion. Thank you to the Healthscape team for the opportunity to discuss Counsel Health's work! You can tune in here: https://lnkd.in/eqJ5aBwg
AI is helping organizations across industries, including healthcare, deliver experiences that create real value for consumers. In a recent article from Andreessen Horowitz, Counsel Health is highlighted as an example of how AI-enabled care is redefining access by replacing legacy front doors to care, systems long constrained by provider capacity, limited memory, rapidly evolving medical research, and more. At Counsel, our model inverts these constraints to move toward the idea of a “perfect doctor," one that is always accessible, infinitely knowledgeable, and deeply personalized. The result: lower healthcare costs, expanded physician capacity, and more time spent treating patients. Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e_Ed2UDn
At Counsel, everything we build ties back to a simple question: Does this expand access without compromising quality or safety? As we partner with health plans, employers, and consumer health solutions, our focus is on delivering trusted, personalized care to our members through a model that combines medical AI with physician oversight. Testimonials like the one below remind us why we do what we do. ➡️ Haven't tried Counsel yet? Try it for free: https://lnkd.in/epzFZdgz ➡️ Looking to learn more? Contact our team: https://lnkd.in/emwJ9xRr
We’re thrilled to introduce several new teammates who have joined Counsel over the past couple of months! 🚀 Please join us in welcoming Cynthia Liu, Matt Hagger, Tina Stokes, Cían Hughes, Denny McFadden and Amit V. Bhatt to the team. Each brings deep expertise and a shared passion for shaping the future of healthcare through responsible, AI-enabled care delivery. Counsel is growing quickly across several functions. If you're eager to help us on our mission to multiply the world's clinical capacity, check out our open roles here: https://lnkd.in/gfm96MwS
Counsel recently had the opportunity to meet with members of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including current Administrator Dr. Oz, to discuss how AI is transforming care delivery. The conversation centered on how AI-enabled, physician-supervised virtual care can significantly expand access amid the growing physician shortage, and why this model represents a safe, scalable path forward for the U.S. healthcare system. There’s a growing wave of conviction around this future, and we’re proud to help lead the transformation by delivering measurable value for our partners and, most importantly, our patients. Experience Counsel for free today: https://lnkd.in/epzFZdgz
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OpenAI’s decision to limit ChatGPT from providing medical advice highlights the importance of human-in-the-loop care models. Clinical AI has extraordinary potential, but it must be grounded in safety, oversight, and human expertise. At Counsel, we’ve believed this from day one. Our medical AI works collaboratively with our own expert physicians, together in the same chat, to deliver care that’s both intelligent and deeply human. Sometimes, it is possible to have the best of both worlds. Counsel is now free for everyone. Try it at www.counselhealth.com
We’re incredibly excited to share that Counsel has been named to Redpoint’s AI64 list, recognizing the top emerging enterprise AI applications shaping the future of technology 🎉 At Counsel, we’re building the responsible front door to modern care, powered by medical AI that expands physician capacity and enhances clinical precision. Our model helps employers and health plans deliver care that’s continuous, secure, and always available. We’re proud to be included alongside many other companies leading AI innovation across various industries. Congratulations to everyone on the list!
Healthcare’s biggest challenge isn’t demand, it’s capacity. In our latest blog, Counsel Health's CEO, Dr. Muthu Alagappan, MD, reflects on the journey leading to our $25M Series A announced last week. He shares how Counsel’s AI-enabled, physician-supervised model is reimagining access, focusing on three core beliefs: • Care should feel effortless • Care should never start from scratch • Safety and quality must always come first For employers and health plans, this milestone reinforces a new standard in care delivery, one that improves health outcomes, reduces high-cost claims, and increases member engagement. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/ebmY3xhk
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Exactly two years ago today, Counsel Health was born from the simple realization that the world needs many more clinicians, and that safe, clinical AI could be the answer. Since then, we’ve cared for thousands of patients through leading enterprise partnerships, and we’ve strengthened our conviction that physician-supervised AI care models are the future of medicine. Fortunately, we’re not alone in this belief. Today, I’m proud to share that we’ve raised an oversubscribed $25M Series A, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, and GV (Google Ventures), with participation from all existing investors (Asymmetric, Floodgate, Pear VC). This milestone is special for many reasons. First, we’re honored to have a16z’s continued support, just nine months after they led our Seed round. Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to work closely with Julie Yoo and Jay Rughani, and I’ve been struck by their intelligence, rigor, and tireless commitment to their founders, characteristics which have helped cement their reputation as amongst the best healthcare investors. We’re equally thrilled to welcome GV, specifically Krishna Yeshwant (co-lead of their Life Sciences practice) and David Reshef. The GV team represents some of the most thoughtful investors I’ve ever met — many are actively practicing physicians and PhD-level computer scientists — a combination that feels especially aligned to the Counsel ethos. This milestone also validates the importance we place on responsible AI development. Across the world, there’s a rising unease about what AI means for the future of work, truth, and human relevance. From day one, we’ve believed that clinical AI must be developed by physicians, not apart from them. That our mission can only be achieved by combining artificial and human intelligence, not by choosing between them. In fact, the cursive nature of Counsel's new brandmark pays homage to the physician signatures of the pre-internet era, a reminder that the human touch in medicine must never slip away. Alongside the fundraise, we’re also excited to announce that starting today, Counsel is available to the general public — you can sign up for your own account. Our leading medical AI is completely free to use, and you can add a real Counsel physician into any conversation within minutes, with a single click. We hope you’ll trust Counsel to become your home for health records, medical questions, and ongoing care. Finally, a heartfelt thank you to our enterprise partners and our mission-driven team. We are only at the beginning of what we can accomplish together.
It’s an exciting day for Counsel! We’re extremely proud to share that we’ve raised an oversubscribed $25 million Series A, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and GV (Google Ventures), with participation from all existing investors Asymmetric, Floodgate, Pear VC. This milestone marks the beginning of the next chapter in our mission: to multiply the world’s clinical capacity by combining the speed of medical AI with the empathy and oversight of board-certified physicians. Over the past two years, Counsel has evolved into an enterprise-ready platform that’s reimagining how care is delivered, serving thousands of patients across nearly every state, partnering with leading employers and health plans, and setting a new standard for responsible AI in healthcare. As our CEO, Dr. Muthu Alagappan, MD, shared in his announcement, this isn’t just a funding milestone; it’s a powerful validation of our vision for how clinical AI can unlock access to high-quality care for everyone, everywhere. Read Muthu’s full post below ⬇️
Exactly two years ago today, Counsel Health was born from the simple realization that the world needs many more clinicians, and that safe, clinical AI could be the answer. Since then, we’ve cared for thousands of patients through leading enterprise partnerships, and we’ve strengthened our conviction that physician-supervised AI care models are the future of medicine. Fortunately, we’re not alone in this belief. Today, I’m proud to share that we’ve raised an oversubscribed $25M Series A, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, and GV (Google Ventures), with participation from all existing investors (Asymmetric, Floodgate, Pear VC). This milestone is special for many reasons. First, we’re honored to have a16z’s continued support, just nine months after they led our Seed round. Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to work closely with Julie Yoo and Jay Rughani, and I’ve been struck by their intelligence, rigor, and tireless commitment to their founders, characteristics which have helped cement their reputation as amongst the best healthcare investors. We’re equally thrilled to welcome GV, specifically Krishna Yeshwant (co-lead of their Life Sciences practice) and David Reshef. The GV team represents some of the most thoughtful investors I’ve ever met — many are actively practicing physicians and PhD-level computer scientists — a combination that feels especially aligned to the Counsel ethos. This milestone also validates the importance we place on responsible AI development. Across the world, there’s a rising unease about what AI means for the future of work, truth, and human relevance. From day one, we’ve believed that clinical AI must be developed by physicians, not apart from them. That our mission can only be achieved by combining artificial and human intelligence, not by choosing between them. In fact, the cursive nature of Counsel's new brandmark pays homage to the physician signatures of the pre-internet era, a reminder that the human touch in medicine must never slip away. Alongside the fundraise, we’re also excited to announce that starting today, Counsel is available to the general public — you can sign up for your own account. Our leading medical AI is completely free to use, and you can add a real Counsel physician into any conversation within minutes, with a single click. We hope you’ll trust Counsel to become your home for health records, medical questions, and ongoing care. Finally, a heartfelt thank you to our enterprise partners and our mission-driven team. We are only at the beginning of what we can accomplish together.