Acquisition
Jul 2018CB Insights lists Curai Health as having acquired First Opinion on July 1, 2018.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Curai Health is a Palo Alto-based, remote-first virtual care company that combines licensed clinicians with AI to deliver chat-first primary and urgent care. It sells directly to patients and through employer, health plan, and health system partnerships.
Primary product
Chat-first AI-powered virtual primary and urgent care platform
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
51-100
Work style
Remote
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Sub-industry
Virtual primary care / telemedicine / AI-enabled virtual care
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
Direct-to-consumer monthly subscription
Employer-sponsored virtual care
Health plan partnerships
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
CEO, Founder
Chief Medical Officer
Jennifer Close
Chief Operating Officer
General Counsel
Work & culture
Mission-driven, remote-first, and multidisciplinary across engineering, AI research, product, design, and medicine. Public materials emphasize clinician support, scalable care, quality, safety, and access to high-quality affordable care.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public careers pages say Curai targets 65-75% of market salary ranges and offers pre-IPO options.
Benefits
100% employer-covered health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) match up to 50% at a 4% employee contribution
$250 home office setup stipend
$500 annual professional development stipend
Phone/internet stipend
Product & market
Pricing
Monthly fee / subscription for consumers or employers; also insurance-accepted and cash-pay options.
Differentiators
- —Chat-first / text-first virtual clinic experience
- —AI-assisted clinical workflows
- —Licensed clinicians in the loop
- —24/7 access across all 50 U.S. states
- —Asynchronous and live messaging care
- —Longitudinal primary care focus
- —White-label and partner integrations for enterprise customers
- —Proprietary AI and machine learning platform
- —In-house FHIR-based EHR and research-driven product development
Technology
Terraform
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$10M-$50M (public third-party estimates vary)
Estimated monthly visits
73.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
PR Newswire · May 2025
Curai announced a partnership with Rula Health to give Curai patients access to Rula's licensed therapists and psychiatric providers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
PR Newswire · Feb 2025
Curai said it would provide free virtual care to participants in UMass Chan Medical School's NIH-funded study comparing at-home antigen and molecular tests with PCR tests.
PR Newswire · Nov 2024
Rightway and Curai announced a partnership to give Rightway members 24/7 access to Curai's virtual urgent care through the Rightway app.
PR Newswire · Oct 2024