# Natasha Alexeeva

> Natasha Alexeeva is the Founder and CEO of Friendly, a San Francisco-based enterprise AI company that automates insurance underwriting, claims processing, and reinsurance treaty analysis using deep learning. Originally from Moscow, she holds a CS degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University and an MBA from Stanford. Before Friendly, she pioneered EMR-integrated asynchronous telemedicine as founder of GoGoHealth and led new service incubation at Amazon Web Services. Her platform processes 7,000 pages per hour at 95% accuracy, delivering the 85% efficiency gains she's made her personal mission.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Friendly
- **Organizations:** Friendly (Friendly Health Technologies), GoGoHealth, Amazon Web Services, Visa, Kaiser Permanente, Mitchell International, Resonant Software
- **From:** Moscow, Russia
- **Nationality:** Russian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, MBA, Finance (General), Stanford University, Attended (no degree), Santa Clara University, California Entrepreneurship Program, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Friendly to 47 employees, serving clients including Swiss Re, PPS, and Group Health, Built AI platform achieving 95% document processing accuracy and 7,000 pages/hour throughput, Pioneered EMR-integrated asynchronous telemedicine at GoGoHealth (2013)

## Career timeline

- **1998-2003** — BS Computer Science at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow
- **2005** — Project Manager and Software Engineer at Catfish Software Inc.
- **2006-2007** — Roles at Rodopi Software and Claritas (a Nielsen Company)
- **2008** — Senior Technical Consultant at Mitchell International
- **2009** — Business Consultant Lead and Senior Technical Program Manager at Kaiser Permanente
- **2010-2012** — MBA at Stanford University; completed California Entrepreneurship Program
- **2011** — Manager of Client Engagement at Resonant Software (acquired by iPipeline)
- **2012** — Team Lead at Visa
- **2013** — Founded GoGoHealth — pioneered EMR-integrated asynchronous telemedicine
- **2017** — Joined Amazon Web Services in New Service Incubation role
- **2019** — Founded Friendly (Friendly Health Technologies) in San Francisco
- **2022** — Speaker at Celent ITC 2022 insurtech conference
- **2024** — Speaker at InsurTech NY events; Friendly expands to UK market
- **2025** — Friendly builds senior leadership team with CRO and claims experts; venture funding round

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Friendly to 47 employees, serving clients including Swiss Re, PPS, and Group Health
- Built AI platform achieving 95% document processing accuracy and 7,000 pages/hour throughput
- Pioneered EMR-integrated asynchronous telemedicine at GoGoHealth (2013)
- Led new service incubation at Amazon Web Services
- Speaker at Celent ITC 2022 insurtech conference
- Featured in InsurTech NY and Innovation Odyssey podcast
- Launched Friendly's UK market expansion
- Developed Omniscient — AI product for reinsurance treaty analysis and data extraction

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Friendly hired Fionna, a former Gen Re expert, to build out claims team capabilities
- **2025-04** — Friendly appointed Paul Goldenberg as Chief Revenue Officer
- **2025-04** — Michelle Young joined Friendly as SVP Business Development and Strategy
- **2025-03** — Friendly closes venture funding round
- **2024-12** — Natasha Alexeeva featured as speaker at InsurTech NY

## Links

- Website: https://friendlycares.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-alexeeva-7b48434
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/yokway

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Last updated: 2026-05-13