# Eric Steege

> Eric Steege is the CEO and cofounder of Olli Health, a Madison, Wisconsin healthtech startup using AI to handle home-health agency coding, OASIS review, and clinical documentation. After more than four years as a product lead on Amazon Alexa's generative AI and subscriptions team - where he launched Alexa's first direct-to-consumer subscription for older adults and caregivers - he co-founded Olli in 2023 to cut the cost and turnaround time of the paperwork that slows down home health reimbursement. By late 2025 the company served over 100 home health agencies and raised a $10M Series A led by Industry Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $13M.

- **Role:** CEO and Cofounder at Olli Health
- **Organizations:** Olli Health, Amazon, Wisconsin School of Business (Erdman Center, Executive Advisory Board)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Business, Design Thinking certification, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Olli Health, serving 100+ home health agencies, Raised a $10M Series A led by Industry Ventures (total funding ~$13M), Launched Alexa's first direct-to-consumer paid subscription aimed at older adults and caregivers at Amazon

## Career timeline

- **~2019-2023** — Senior Product Manager at Amazon, on the Alexa generative AI and subscriptions team; launched Alexa's first direct-to-consumer paid subscription for older adults and caregivers
- **2023** — Co-founded Olli Health in Madison, Wisconsin with Joe Freudenthal and Jeremy Gordon
- **2024** — Became CEO of Olli Health (January 2024); company scales AI-powered home health coding and quality review
- **2024** — Olli Health partners with Axxess to elevate home health coding and quality review
- **2025-01** — First Choice case study showcases AI-driven cost savings using Olli
- **2025-11** — Olli Health raises $10M Series A led by Industry Ventures; total funding reaches ~$13M; serves 100+ home health agencies

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Olli Health, serving 100+ home health agencies
- Raised a $10M Series A led by Industry Ventures (total funding ~$13M)
- Launched Alexa's first direct-to-consumer paid subscription aimed at older adults and caregivers at Amazon
- Built a managed coding and quality review service Olli says is 4x faster and half the cost of traditional vendors, with 90-day average turnaround under 24 hours
- Serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the Erdman Center for Operations & Technology Management at the Wisconsin School of Business

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Olli Health closed a $10M Series A led by Industry Ventures, with participation from Cannage Capital, Equitage Ventures, Tau Ventures and Arkitekt Ventures; funds go toward an end-to-end platform adding clinical documentation at the point of care.

## Links

- Website: https://ollihomehealth.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsteege

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