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The Doctor Is in the Text Thread
Curai Health tried to make primary care feel as easy as sending a message. Its more interesting bet is what happens behind that message: AI handles the paperwork and pattern finding, while clinicians keep the medical judgment.
Ellen DaSilva
Ellen DaSilva is the founder and CEO of Summer Health, a New York-based pediatric telehealth company that lets parents text a pediatrician and get an answer in under 15 minutes, 24/7. A mother of three, she built the company after living the gap herself: long waits, short visits, and a pile of unanswered questions. Before founding Summer Health in 2022, she was the eighth employee at Hims & Hers, led business operations at Twitter as revenue scaled from $100M to $2B, and worked on more than $10B of IPOs at Barclays. She is an HBS MBA, a Sequoia Scout, and co-author of the startup business-development book 'Pitching & Closing.'
Summer Health
Summer Health is a New York-based pediatric care company that gives parents access to board-certified pediatricians by text message, with answers in about 15 minutes, day or night. Founded in 2022 by Ellen DaSilva and Matthew Woo, it pairs a 24/7 text line with specialists in sleep, nutrition and lactation, and has expanded into longitudinal pediatric primary care - including a comprehensive children's blood panel reviewed by a pediatrician. The company aims to be the calm, always-on front door for family health.