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Usama Syed
Usama Syed is a board-certified dermatologist turned startup founder, and the co-founder and CEO of FutureClinic (YC F24), a platform that lets any licensed doctor open a chat-based digital clinic. Trained in medicine and business at Imperial College London, he moved from the UK to New York for a dermatology residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he became chief resident and later faculty. Alongside clinical work he built an audience of more than 300,000 followers as a science-first skincare creator, co-founded the education company Liberty Medics, and now runs a company describing itself as building digital clinics that are 99% AI and 1% doctor.
FutureClinic
FutureClinic is a Y Combinator-backed platform (Fall 2024) that lets any licensed doctor open a digital clinic and treat patients through chat. An AI 'Chief Resident' takes a patient's medical history through empathetic voice or text, narrows the likely diagnoses, and drafts guideline-based treatment suggestions. The doctor reviews the summary, writes the plan, and signs off with a live-recorded video or audio note the company calls a Human Signature. Patients text their chosen doctor instead of booking appointments; doctors keep the majority of what they charge while FutureClinic handles the EHR, payments, malpractice, licensing, and support.
Fabric
Fabric is a New York-based care enablement company building an AI-powered operating layer that sits on top of hospital and health system technology to automate clinical and administrative work. Its platform spans a Digital Front Door, virtual and in-person care suites, patient engagement, and a 50-state clinical network, all stitched together by a hybrid AI that combines conversational models with clinical logic. Founded by Aniq Rahman, the former Moat president, Fabric grew fast through product plus four acquisitions in 18 months and now reaches more than 75 health systems and roughly 100 million covered lives.