Kin Health Raises $9 Million for AI Doctor Visit Notetaker

Kin Health raised $9 million in a seed funding round led by Maveron. The startup is developing an app that records doctor visits and produces AI-generated summaries including next steps for patients to review and share. The app allows users to record consultations and receive transcribed summaries with action items.

Users can also enter questions ahead of future visits. Kin Health states that all patient data is encrypted and summaries remain private by default.

The round included participation from Town Hall Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundry Square Capital, Pear VC, and The Family Fund. Angel investors and more than 30 physicians also participated. The app is built by physicians Arpan Parikh and Amit Parikh along with Kyle Alwyn, who previously founded the online prescription service HeyDoctor and sold it to GoodRx.

GoodRx co-founders Doug Hirsch and Trevor Bezdek serve as founding partners and executive chairmen.

Health says the tool is not HIPAA-certified because it is patient-facing, but it follows the same privacy standards. The company uses specialized medical models for transcription and evaluates outputs at multiple stages to check accuracy. The company plans to add data from electronic health record systems later this year.

It intends to keep the app free and generate revenue through referrals to specialists and labs.

AI notetaking tools generated over $600 million in revenue in the United States last year, according to a Menlo Ventures report. Similar tools exist for physicians, but Kin Health focuses on the patient side. Natalie Dillion, a partner at Maveron, said the app can travel with patients between different providers and is not tied to any single health network.