# Jack O'Hara

> Jack O'Hara is the co-founder and CEO of Translucent, an AI-native financial operating system for healthcare. After eight years running technology and transformation inside multi-billion-dollar provider organizations - including a stint as CIO at value-based care group ChenMed and CIO/Chief Transformation Officer at Springfield Clinic - he started Translucent in 2024 to give every hospital and medical group its own always-on AI financial analyst. The company pairs operational, clinical, and financial data into a single view that surfaces real-time insight and root-cause analysis. Translucent raised a $7M seed in August 2025 and a $27M Series A led by GV in March 2026.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Translucent (Translucent AI)
- **Organizations:** Translucent AI, ChenMed, Springfield Clinic, Mount Sinai Health System
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Cornell University, MS, Healthcare Leadership, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Translucent, the first agentic AI platform built exclusively for healthcare finance, Raised $34M total across seed and Series A within roughly seven months, Built platform powering workflows tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in customer revenue

## Career timeline

- **pre-2024** — Regional CIO at Mount Sinai Health System
- **pre-2024** — CIO and Chief Transformation Officer at Springfield Clinic, rebuilding departmental P&L statements with a data-engineering approach
- **pre-2024** — Chief Information Officer at ChenMed, leading 300+ across product, engineering, and AI and rebuilding the financial claims system
- **2024** — Founded Translucent in New York City
- **2025** — Closed a $7M oversubscribed seed round led by Virtue, with NEA, FPV, and Redesign Health
- **2026** — Raised a $27M Series A led by GV (Google Ventures)

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Translucent, the first agentic AI platform built exclusively for healthcare finance
- Raised $34M total across seed and Series A within roughly seven months
- Built platform powering workflows tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in customer revenue
- Automated 97% of routine financial analysis for customers and grew finance team capacity 56% without added headcount
- Served as CIO at two multi-billion-dollar medical groups (ChenMed and Springfield Clinic)
- Speaker on healthcare finance panels including Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Translucent announced a $27M Series A led by GV to expand its agentic AI platform for healthcare finance.
- **2025-08** — Translucent emerged with a $7M oversubscribed seed round led by Virtue, with NEA, FPV, and Redesign Health.

## Links

- Website: https://www.translucent.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-o-hara-

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