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
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
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
2443 Fillmore St #380-4139, San Francisco, CA 94115
300 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94107
332 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94104
Business model
nonprofit
earned-revenue SaaS/subscription for paying healthcare organizations
grants and philanthropic funding
subsidized or pro bono service for free and charitable clinics
Funding
Stage
Grant-backed nonprofit
Total raised
$43M
Latest round
People-First AI Fund grant · Jun 2026
People & investors
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
Work & culture
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
paid wellness days
18 paid holidays
15-20 vacation days
1-month paid sabbatical after 4 years
comprehensive insurance
paid parental leave
competitive pay benchmarked to California standards
pay transparency
Product & market
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
- —Built specifically for safety-net organizations and low-income populations
- —Nonprofit model that reinvests revenue into impact
- —SMS/voice-first patient engagement without requiring an app or internet access
- —Multilingual outreach with automated translation
- —Interoperability with EHR, HL7, FHIR, API, and SFTP workflows
- —AI-powered Wellness Copilot for chronic disease coaching and segmentation
- —Evidence-backed by randomized clinical trials and other publications
- —Closed-loop referrals, no-show reduction, and care-gap workflows
Technology
SMS
voice messaging
HL7
FHIR
API
SFTP
EHR integrations
population health management integrations
Salesforce
HubSpot
Twilio
Kubernetes
React
Python
Rhapsody
multilingual translation
AI-powered patient segmentation
Customers
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
free and charitable clinics
tribal health organizations
safety-net healthcare organizations
community health centers
primary care associations
clinically integrated networks
community-based organizations
Bay Area Community Health
Tampa Family Health Centers
PrimeCare Health
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand
NC MedAssist
Community Clinic of Rowan County
Competitors
Asana
Emmi Solutions
AMC Health
Navigating Cancer
Vivify Health
mPulse
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
USD 1M-$10M (public LinkedIn estimate; exact revenue not publicly disclosed)
Latest news
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
CareMessage launched Wellness Copilot for Diabetes, an AI-driven tool for community health centers and free clinics that automates diabetes outreach and coaching.
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
CareMessage says a Stanford-led randomized trial found its SMS-based coaching was as effective as human telephone counseling for increasing physical activity among Latino adults.
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