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Buoy Health
AI-driven digital health diagnostic assistant
- 101-200 employees
- Healthcare
- B2C
- B2B
- Personal health
- Artificial Intelligence
- South of Washington, Boston, MA
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Company mission
Buoy's mission is to help people make the best decision about their health through its AI-driven digital health diagnostic assistant.
Our take
Getting health advice can be difficult, with long waiting lists and confusing insurance plans making it a time-consuming and stressful process. In addition to this, many people neglect their more minor health concerns due to fear of wasting the doctor's time, a stigma that ultimately leads to untreated health problems.
Buoy Health provides an AI-driven digital health diagnostic assistant, allowing people concerned about their health to receive free and confidential health advice online. Users must complete a questionnaire based on the initial symptoms that they provide, with the AI working through answers contextually to provide a diagnosis, in addition to nearby healthcare providers that accept the user’s insurance.
Whilst several other healthcare startups have already provided AI-driven digital health diagnostic assistants as part of their services, Buoy Health has uniquely provided its chat assistant for free, relying on healthcare referrals for revenue. The company also stands out by logging each questionnaire result to crowdsource information, allowing the AI chat assistant to increase its ability to accurately diagnose health concerns over time.
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Benefits
- Stock options
- 401k with company match
- End your work day early every Friday!
- Work from Wherever—Buoy is remote first, with employees located across the US
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Generous unlimited vacation policy
- L&D reimbursement policy
- Time off for major holidays, including the last two weeks of the year
Company values
- Be vulnerable - Embarrassed about a symptom? No judgement here. Found a great meme? Do share. Because our intent is always good – and we don’t take ourselves too seriously – people feel comfortable with Buoy
- Get it done - Our focus doesn’t waver. Getting a deployment out in record time, perfecting a dish for an office potluck – we go all in, and we make things happen
- Tell it like it is - We’re direct, but with heart. Whether giving feedback to our manager or self-care instructions to a user, we do it with conviction – and we honor what we believe is right
- Take care of each other - This isn’t for glory. It’s about caring. In everything we do, we find ways to help, because the well-being of others is what matters most
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2020
$37.5m
SERIES C
Jan 2020
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $81.5m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Andrew Le, MD
(CEO)Experience as Researcher for Baylor College of Medicine and for the Institut Pasteur. Neuro-oncology Researcher for Massachusetts General Hospital from 2013 to 2014.
Adam Lathram
(President)Experience as Associate for Oliver Wyman from 2010 to 2014.
Nathanael Ren
(CGO)Experience as Advertising Manager for The Harvard Crimson from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Sears Holdings Corporation from 2011 to 2013.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Buoy Health
- At Buoy, we are united by our commitment in guiding people to the right care. And we believe it takes a workforce that nurtures difference to get the job done. Buoy champions inclusion. We encourage applicants of all ages, races, ethnicities, colors, national origins, genders, gender identities and gender presentations, sexual orientations, disabilities, veteran status, and other characteristics that make a person unique. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer, and to be a part of a team that prioritizes diverse points of view.