# Erik Duhaime

> Erik Duhaime is the cofounder and CEO of Centaur.ai (formerly Centaur Labs), a Boston startup that turns the wisdom of crowds into medical-grade training data for AI. His PhD research at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence showed that ordinary medical students, when their opinions are measured and pooled the right way, can out-diagnose individual experts. He built a company on that insight, raising $35M total to label the world's health and science data.

- **Role:** Cofounder and CEO at Centaur.ai
- **Organizations:** Centaur.ai (Centaur Labs), MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD in Management (Collective Intelligence), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan), MPhil in Human Evolution, University of Cambridge, Undergraduate, Brown University
- **Known for:** Built Centaur.ai to over 75 employees and $35M total funding, Demonstrated in peer-reviewed research that aggregated crowds of medical students can outperform individual dermatologists at classifying skin lesions, Created the DiagnosUs app, used by tens of thousands of medical students and professionals worldwide

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Founded Centaur Labs with Zach Rausnitz and Tom Gellatly; received MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund support
- **2018** — Participated in MIT delta v accelerator, then joined Y Combinator
- **2019** — Completed PhD at MIT Center for Collective Intelligence under Thomas Malone
- **2021** — Raised $15M Series A led by Matrix Partners
- **2024** — Raised $16M Series B led by SignalFire; rebranded toward Centaur.ai

## Achievements

- Built Centaur.ai to over 75 employees and $35M total funding
- Demonstrated in peer-reviewed research that aggregated crowds of medical students can outperform individual dermatologists at classifying skin lesions
- Created the DiagnosUs app, used by tens of thousands of medical students and professionals worldwide
- Signed clients including Microsoft, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mass General Brigham, and Paige

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Closed an oversubscribed $16M Series B led by SignalFire, with Matrix, Susa Ventures, Samsung Next, and Alumni Ventures participating.

## Links

- Website: https://centaur.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/erikduhaime
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/centaurlabs?lang=en

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Last updated: 2026-06-04