# Yoona Kim

> Yoona Kim is the co-founder and CEO of Arine, a San Francisco medication intelligence company she started in 2017 with CTO Penjit 'Boom' Moorhead. A pharmacist and health economist by training, Kim built Arine to attack one of medicine's least glamorous and most expensive problems: people getting the wrong drugs, the wrong doses, and the wrong combinations. Arine's AI platform now touches more than 25 million lives across 40-plus health plan clients, and the company says its work has cut hospitalizations by over 40% for clients while shaving care costs by double digits.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Arine
- **Organizations:** Arine, Proteus Digital Health, Novartis, Gilead Sciences, Mercer
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, Stanford University, PharmD, emphasis in health policy and management, University of California, San Francisco, PhD, health economics and outcomes, University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Arine, a medication intelligence platform serving 25M+ lives across 40+ health plan clients, Arine clients report 40%+ reductions in hospitalizations and 10%+ cost-of-care savings, Named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500 list

## Career timeline

- **—** — Early career analyzing healthcare cost trends and health economic value at Mercer, Novartis and Gilead
- **—** — Head of Clinical Modeling and Analytics at Proteus Digital Health
- **2017** — Co-founded Arine with CTO Penjit 'Boom' Moorhead (and David de Vries); became CEO
- **2024** — Arine ranked #236 overall and #5 in AI on Inc.'s fastest-growing companies list
- **2025** — Named to Inc.'s Female Founders 500 list; Arine named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
- **2025** — Arine closed a $30M Series C led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Town Hall Ventures (June 2025)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Arine, a medication intelligence platform serving 25M+ lives across 40+ health plan clients
- Arine clients report 40%+ reductions in hospitalizations and 10%+ cost-of-care savings
- Named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500 list
- Arine named a 2025 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
- Arine ranked #5 in the AI category on Inc.'s 2024 fastest-growing companies list
- Built a company where roughly half of leadership positions are held by women

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Arine closed a $30M Series C round with Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Town Hall Ventures.
- **2025-03** — Yoona Kim and Penjit Moorhead named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500 list.
- **2025** — Arine named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

## Links

- Website: https://arine.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoonaakim/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arinehealth
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2UdCQrEiZE

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Last updated: 2026-06-04