# Hike Medical

> Hike Medical connects AI-powered referral and insurance paperwork, clinical evaluation and smartphone scanning, and in-house custom-device manufacturing. It began with 3D-printed insoles for employers and clinics and is expanding into device-based care for orthotics, prosthetics, podiatry and durable medical equipment providers.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Aadi Bhanti (Co-founder and CEO), Steven Chacko (Co-founder and Chief Business Officer), Amit Bhanti (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Hike Intelligence, Hike Clinical, Hike Lab, Hike custom insoles
- **Notable:** Offered custom-insoles access through OSF HealthCare to more than 25,000 employees in 2024., Best Foot Forward research appeared at the ICCV 2025 Workshop on Advanced Perception for Autonomous Healthcare., Announced $22.5 million across seed and Series A in August 2026.

## Products & services

- **Hike Intelligence** — Back-office AI for referral intake, patient matching, eligibility checks and collection and review of payer documentation.
- **Hike Clinical** — Point-of-care evaluation, notes, smartphone 3D scanning and device ordering in one workflow.
- **Hike Lab** — In-house custom orthotic manufacturing in Peoria; the August 2026 announcement reports about five business days of turnaround.
- **Hike custom insoles** — Custom 3D-printed insoles generated from mobile foot scans, offered through clinics and employer/member benefits.

## Achievements

- Offered custom-insoles access through OSF HealthCare to more than 25,000 employees in 2024.
- Best Foot Forward research appeared at the ICCV 2025 Workshop on Advanced Perception for Autonomous Healthcare.
- Announced $22.5 million across seed and Series A in August 2026.
- Company funding announcement reports custom-insole remake rates improving from one in 15 to one in 400; independently audited performance is not established.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced combined seed and Series A funding, wider DME expansion and engineering, sales and manufacturing hiring.
- **2026-08** — Funding announcement identifies Jerry Tang as COO, hired earlier in 2026; previously at Flexport and Dandy.
- **2026-03** — CEO essay describes the progression from insoles through DME to a longer-term bionics ambition.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hikemedical.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hike-medical/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03