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Rovi Health
Rovi Health is a New York-based digital health startup (Y Combinator F25) that gives employer health plans an AI-powered, text-first care concierge. Members text a nurse-guided clinician who treats common conditions virtually, then steer them to high-quality, in-network providers using terabytes of price and quality data - catching expensive care before it is scheduled. Founded in 2025 by brothers Santosh and Tarun Vallabhaneni, Rovi claims employers can cut 10-20% of annual healthcare spend while employees get concierge-level care.
Santosh Vallabhaneni
Santosh Vallabhaneni is the co-founder and CEO of Rovi Health, a Y Combinator Fall 2025 startup building text-first, AI-enabled healthcare for employees. Patients get care over text or video while AI agents steer them to high-value, in-network providers and handle scheduling, cutting employer health spend by 10-20%. Before Rovi he was GM of Cedar's patient affordability products and an early go-to-market leader at AngelList, and he is a licensed health insurance broker. He founded the company with his brother Tarun, the CTO.