# Clarion

> Clarion builds an AI communication layer for healthcare that answers the phones, texts, and web chats clinics can't keep up with. Its voice, SMS, and web agents handle scheduling, prescription refills, billing questions, referral intake, and after-hours follow-up, integrating with 80-plus EHR systems including Epic and Cerner. Founded in 2024 by a Stanford/Harvard-trained physician and an ex-Amazon Alexa voice-AI engineer, the New York company is a Y Combinator W24 startup backed by Accel and Airtable Ventures, and says it serves tens of thousands of patients a month across virtual-care companies, health systems, and a large health insurer.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ryan Gallagher (Co-Founder & CEO), Jeffrey Lamothe (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~14-22 employees
- **Products:** AI Voice Agent, Multichannel Patient Communication, Referral Intake & Coordination, Refill & Post-Visit Automation, EHR Integration
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch., Reported $5.4M raised from Accel, Y Combinator, Airtable Ventures, and notable healthcare founders., Integrations with 80-plus EHR systems including Epic and Cerner.

## Products & services

- **AI Voice Agent** — Conversational AI that answers and places clinic calls, handling scheduling, rescheduling, billing questions, and refills without human staff.
- **Multichannel Patient Communication** — Meets patients over voice, SMS, and web chat, deploying the same AI agent across channels.
- **Referral Intake & Coordination** — Ingests new patient referrals, follows up automatically, answers questions, and books the appointment.
- **Refill & Post-Visit Automation** — Handles prescription refill requests, post-visit check-ins, and after-hours questions around the clock.
- **EHR Integration** — Connects with 80-plus EHR systems including Epic and Cerner, plus practice-management platforms, so actions write back into clinic systems of record.
- **Performance Dashboards & Safety Monitoring** — Live performance dashboards plus safety features including bias assessments and risk monitoring for AI-patient interactions.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch.
- Reported $5.4M raised from Accel, Y Combinator, Airtable Ventures, and notable healthcare founders.
- Integrations with 80-plus EHR systems including Epic and Cerner.
- Reported to serve tens of thousands of patients monthly across virtual-care companies, health systems, and a large insurer.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Ryan Gallagher publicly introduced Clarion on LinkedIn.
- **2024-03** — Recorded seed-stage funding activity; part of Y Combinator W24.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clarionhealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clarionhealthai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/clarionhealthai

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