# Nicolas Abad

> Nicolas Abad is the co-founder and CEO of Telepatia, a Latin American healthtech company building AI healthcare workers - starting with an 'AI Doctor' that transcribes consultations, reviews records, flags drug interactions, and surfaces clinical guidance in real time. Named after his late father's nickname, the company grew from a Stanford MBA side obsession to a venture backed by Andreessen Horowitz, reaching more than 14 million patients across five countries inside its first year. Abad's stated ambition is audacious to the point of comedy: win Latin America's first Nobel Prize in Medicine since 1984 by turning healthcare from scarcity into abundance.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Telepatia
- **Organizations:** Telepatia, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Neta, Frubana
- **From:** Medellin, Colombia
- **Nationality:** Colombian
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Telepatia, an AI clinical platform serving 14M+ patients across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina in under a year., Raised a $33M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, on top of a $9M seed, for roughly $42M total funding., Recruited backers including Nubank founder David Velez, Rappi founder Simon Borrero, and Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2022** — Worked in Latin American startups, including roles connected to Frubana and Neta (Neta Mx).
- **2022** — Lost his father, a Colombian physician nicknamed 'Telepatia,' to a preventable medical event - the catalyst for his shift into healthcare.
- **2023** — Began an MBA at Stanford and grew obsessed with medicine, swapping research papers daily with childhood friend and physician Tomas Giraldo.
- **2025** — Co-founded Telepatia with Tomas Giraldo and launched the AI Doctor, piloting across 15 institutions and 2,000 physicians in Colombia.
- **2025-10** — Raised a $9M seed round to expand, notably into Brazil.
- **2026** — Raised a $33M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; total funding reaches ~$42M, with 14M+ patients across five countries.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Telepatia, an AI clinical platform serving 14M+ patients across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina in under a year.
- Raised a $33M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, on top of a $9M seed, for roughly $42M total funding.
- Recruited backers including Nubank founder David Velez, Rappi founder Simon Borrero, and Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar.
- Drove 90% adoption among pilot physicians, with reported daily time savings of about 1.7 hours.
- Earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Latest updates

- **2026** — Closed a $33M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; Telepatia surpasses 14M patients across 25+ institutions in five countries and targets half of Latin America's 1.9M doctors by end of 2027.
- **2025-10** — Raised a $9M seed round to expand the AI Doctor, with a focus on entering Brazil.

## Links

- Website: https://telepatia.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasabad1/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Nicobot01

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Last updated: 2026-06-21