EIN Presswire · Feb 2026
Ankr said CEO Ray Rao would join a MedTech Rodeo 2026 panel on agentic AI workflows and front-office productivity.
Virtualizing brick-mortar infrastructures of clinics w/ generative AI
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Ankr Health is a venture-backed healthcare AI company that builds VCX, an AI workforce platform for specialty medical practices. It automates patient calls/messages, scheduling, triage, scribing, and other front-office workflows, with deep EHR integrations and a focus on expanding patient access without adding staff.
Primary product
Ankr VCX AI workforce platform for medical practices
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Sub-industry
AI-driven medical front-office automation
Offices
Houston, Texas, United States
Bangalore, India
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
usage-based / hourly AI workforce pricing
enterprise healthcare software
per-provider / per-FTE pricing
Funding
Stage
pre-seed / accelerator-backed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Non-Equity Assistance · Jun 2023
Jun 2023 · MedTech Innovator
Mar 2022 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Vice President, Business Development
Director of Sales and Business Development
Founders
Dr. Arpit Rao
Founder
Shivani Rao
Founder
Investors
Work & culture
Mission-driven and high-ownership, with an emphasis on contrarian thinking, creativity, competitiveness, fast shipping, and direct collaboration. Public job posts also stress autonomy, ambiguity tolerance, and a bias toward building and delivery.
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show location-specific pay signals: one role listed ₹100K–₹170K INR and described compensation as being in the top decile for its office location; a Houston sales role listed a $70K base salary plus commission and generous ESOP. Other postings emphasize competitive pay and rapid-growth opportunities.
Benefits
Full private health and dental coverage
Flexible pension scheme with up to 5% employer match
Team lunches twice a week
Dinner when working late in the office
Cycle-to-work scheme up to £3k
Generous ESOP / equity on some roles
Commission structure on some sales roles
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered hourly pricing and per-provider / per-FTE pricing
Differentiators
- —Three integrated AI employees for front-office work (assistant, scheduler, scribe)
- —Deep EHR integrations with major systems and marketplace partnerships
- —Transparent public pricing with hourly tiers
- —Can be trained and deployed quickly, with public claims of deployment in days
- —HIPAA/SOC2 positioning and $4M cyber liability coverage
- —Writes directly into the EHR rather than relying on copy-paste workflows
- —Supports phone, video, and in-person encounters
- —Enterprise plan with 99.999% uptime SLA
- —Designed to convert unscheduled interactions into billable care and new revenue
Technology
Django
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
React Native
Node.js
Flutter
PostgreSQL
Google Cloud
Docker
GitHub Actions
Terraform
OpenAI
Salesforce
HubSpot
Webflow
WordPress
Jira
Confluence
Customers
Southlake Orthopaedics
GI Specialists of Georgia
Cancer and Blood Specialists
orthopedic practices
gastroenterology practices
oncology and surgery clinics
mid-to-large physician groups and health systems
Competitors
Epic
athenahealth
eClinicalWorks / Healow
call centers
medical offshoring / outsourced front-office support
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$5M
Estimated monthly visits
250
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
EIN Presswire · Jan 2026
Ankr announced deployment of Sol AI Scribe and Frank AI Scheduler at Southlake Orthopaedics to improve front-office efficiency and patient access.
EIN Presswire · Nov 2025
Ankr Health was selected to present at MedTech Malta 2025, highlighting VCX as an AI platform for patient access and front-office automation in specialty practices.
EIN Presswire · Sep 2025
Ankr announced a partnership with GI Specialists of Georgia to deploy VCX across nine clinics in metro Atlanta.
EIN Presswire · Jul 2025
Ankr said VCX would be featured at the Southern Orthopaedics Association annual meeting to showcase agentic AI for orthopedic practices.
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