OpenAI Foundation · Jun 2026
OpenAI Foundation says CareMessage was selected in the second wave of the People-First AI Fund to support AI integration for public-good health equity work.
Patient engagement for low-income populations
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
CareMessage is a 501(c)(3) technology nonprofit building a patient engagement and care-coordination platform for safety-net healthcare organizations. Its platform uses SMS/voice, multilingual outreach, interoperability, and AI-backed segmentation to improve access, clinical outcomes, and social drivers of health for low-income populations.
Primary product
Health Equity Engine patient engagement platform
Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (2443 Fillmore St #380-4139, San Francisco, CA 94115)
Team size
55
Work style
Remote
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Sub-industry
Digital health / patient engagement for safety-net organizations
Offices
2 jobs at CareMessage
Business model
Stage
Grant-backed nonprofit
Total raised
$43M
Latest round
People-First AI Fund grant · Jun 2026
Leadership
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Sava Berhané
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Mitch Chubinsky
Senior Director of Finance
Director of Product
Founders
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Mission-driven, fully remote, and explicitly values DEI, lived experience, collaboration, authenticity, results, empathy, and healthy work-life balance.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public careers materials say compensation is transparent and benchmarked to California standards; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Enterprise SaaS/subscription for paying healthcare organizations, with subsidized or pro bono access for free and charitable clinics; grants also support the nonprofit model.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
USD 1M-$10M (public LinkedIn estimate; exact revenue not publicly disclosed)
OpenAI Foundation · Jun 2026
OpenAI Foundation says CareMessage was selected in the second wave of the People-First AI Fund to support AI integration for public-good health equity work.
CareMessage · Apr 2026
CareMessage says TIME named it the sole recipient of the 2026 Impact in Equality Award and included it in the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, recognizing its health-equity work for low-income populations.
CareMessage · Nov 2025
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CareMessage · Sep 2025
CareMessage says it received a $25,000 Catalyst 2025 grant from CTIA Wireless Foundation for its mobile-first health-equity work.
CareMessage · Sep 2025
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