Chai Asawa

AI-Native Healthcare: Abridge on 100M Doctor Visits, Clinician Time Savings, and Prior Auth Automation

Latent Space interviews Abridge co-founders Janie Lee and Chai Asawa about their AI-native healthcare platform that has processed 100 million doctor visits. The system converts patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical documentation, reportedly saving clinicians 10-20 hours per week. The platform also automates prior authorization workflows, reducing turnaround from days to minutes.