E319 Varun Ganapathi, Co-Founder and CTO at AKASA

Today's guest is Varun Ganapathi, Co-Founder and CTO at AKASA in San Francisco. Founded in 2018, AKASA believe every dollar spent on healthcare matters because healthcare matters to everyone. AKASA are on a mission to remedy the financial and operational complexity crippling healthcare in America. They have successfully built a team of experts who could develop an entirely new approach to automation that is purpose built for revenue cycle management in healthcare.

AKASA is the leading developer of AI for healthcare operations. AKASA scales human intelligence with leading-edge AI and ML securely trained on customer data to learn unique systems, continuously adapt to changing environments, and deliver comprehensive automation and analytics for complex workflows. The result is a seamlessly integrated, customized solution that reduces operating costs, frees up staff to do the work they love and helps health systems allocate resources to where they matter most.

In the episode, Varun will discuss:

His journey to founding AKASA,

The interesting work they do in the Healthcare industry,

Applying AI to reduce mundane and repetitive tasks,

Their human in the loop approach,

The success they have enjoyed since launching three years ago,

Plans for growing the team and

What excites him for the future at AKASA