# b Inc.

> b Inc. (formerly Vecna) is a Burlington, Massachusetts technology company founded in 1998 by MIT engineers Deborah and Daniel Theobald. It builds automation and telepresence technology that keeps human connection at the center of healthcare, education, government, and tourism - from patient self-service kiosks and intake software used across U.S. hospitals to VGo telepresence robots that let people be present from anywhere. Its guiding belief: technology should serve humanity, not overshadow it.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Deborah Theobald (Co-Founder & CEO), Daniel Theobald (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~68 employees
- **Products:** b-line, b-there (VGo), VetLink, bright, Patient Self-Service Platform
- **Notable:** Named to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts (2012, 2014, 2021), SBA Tibbetts Award recipient (2011), Gold Massachusetts Economic Impact Award (2012)

## Products & services

- **b-line** — Patient intake automation for healthcare, including remote and onsite registration, queuing, e-forms, and check-in. Reported to cut patient wait times by roughly 35%.
- **b-there (VGo)** — Telepresence robots for education, tourism, and healthcare - letting users log in remotely to move, see, hear and interact as if physically present. Used for virtual field trips and museum/aquarium tours.
- **VetLink** — ATO-certified patient queuing and check-in system built for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- **bright** — Connectivity hardware that powers secure Wi-Fi anywhere, with no internet or cell service required - aimed at low-resource environments.
- **Patient Self-Service Platform** — Kiosk, web, and mobile self-service including pre-registration, online check-in, billing, clinical messaging and business intelligence. American Hospital Association-endorsed.
- **QC PathFinder** — Healthcare-acquired infection surveillance software that alerts clinicians to outbreaks and generates antibiograms; used in roughly 100 hospitals.

## Achievements

- Named to Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts (2012, 2014, 2021)
- SBA Tibbetts Award recipient (2011)
- Gold Massachusetts Economic Impact Award (2012)
- Named a Top 50 robotics company to watch (2015)
- Acquired telepresence maker VGo Communications (2015)
- Deployed VGo robots to Liberia and Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola crisis
- COVID-19 text check-in deployed across thousands of hospitals

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Rebranded from Vecna to b Inc. with a refreshed product line: b-line, b-there, VetLink, and bright.
- **2022-01** — Closed a Series C funding round.
- **2020-01** — Raised $50M (Series B).
- **2019-01** — Vecna split into Vecna Robotics (industrial) and Vecna Healthcare (Deborah Theobald), the entity that became b Inc.

## Links

- Website: https://b-inc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vecna-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/b_IncTech
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOowALlfYlJjHhDI8ajaUgw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b.there_education/

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