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Build the AI your
health system
actually needs.

Start with a conversation, not a contract.
The Founders' Circle is where we begin.

If you have the standing to make decisions in your organization, this is built for you.

Our Mission

Partner with healthcare operators to build and deploy innovative healthcare solutions with the experience, discipline, and clinical integrity to make transformation effective.

The problem

Every healthcare board is asking the same question.

"What is our AI strategy?" The pressure is real. Most leaders are stuck between vendor pitches that can't prove ROI in their environment, and internal task forces that take a year to land somewhere generic.

The result is either paralysis or expensive experiments that fail loudly. The Studio was built to change that.

How we engage

From conversation to impact.

Two phases. No cost and no commitment to start. We go deeper only when a specific, shared opportunity is worth pursuing.

Phase One

The Founders' Circle

Join a peer community of senior U.S. healthcare leaders. No fees, no commitment. Peer insight, market briefings, and direct conversations with the Studio team.

Invitation-only. No vendor agenda.

Request an invitation
Phase Two

Co-Funded AI Build

When two or more member organizations identify a shared problem worth solving, the Studio builds alongside them. Co-funders direct the product, deploy it first, and hold equity in the company it becomes.

This only happens when a specific opportunity earns it.

The Founders' Circle

Start with a conversation, not a contract.

An invitation-only community of senior U.S. healthcare leaders. The conversations are structured and confidential. Members set the agenda. The Studio facilitates and builds.

What members get, at no cost

01

Peer discussions

Structured discussions on the AI topics members bring: documentation burden, care transitions, denial management, predictive risk, and others.

02

Healthcare AI briefings

Vendor landscape, build-vs-buy analysis, regulatory updates, and market context. Written for operators, not analysts.

03

Direct Studio access

Direct access to the Studio team on questions specific to your organization, your EHR, and your board.

04

Curated peer introductions

When another member is working through the same problem, we make the introduction. Confidentially, with consent.

05

Early sight on emerging builds

When a build opportunity forms among members, you see it first. Whether you engage is entirely your call.

06

Chatham House confidentiality

What's said in the Circle stays in the Circle. The rule applies to every session, every member, every time.

No fees. No sales pitches.

No vendor showcases, no paid tiers, no procurement cycles.

Members shape the agenda.

Every session starts from a problem a member brought.

Chatham House rule, always.

Nothing is attributed without consent.

For health systems ready to build

Get AI built for your organization. With partners who share the cost and the risk.

When a specific opportunity surfaces inside the Circle, the Studio assembles the build. Co-funders are not sponsors. They direct the work, deploy first, and own equity in the company that emerges.

Built around your workflows

Built around your workflows, your EHR, and your clinical environment. Your team is in the room throughout.

Materially lower cost than building solo

Shared development means each co-funder carries a fraction of the cost. Results within a budget cycle.

Healthcare-native team, HIPAA by design

The Studio team has spent careers inside U.S. health systems. Every build starts with HIPAA compliance and FHIR R4 interoperability, built in from the start rather than added at the end.

Equity in the company your product becomes

The platform becomes its own company. Co-funders are its first customers, with preferred pricing, a seat at the roadmap table, and equity.

Where we focus

Problems in U.S. healthcare we can address.

These are the problems Circle members are working through. The list is not fixed. Members bring the issues that matter to them, and the Studio helps determine whether a co-funded solution is worth building.

Clinician documentation burden
Late identification of at-risk patients
Prior authorization friction
Fragmented care transitions
Value-based contract performance

Members set the agenda. Any challenge that matters to the Circle belongs here.

Two ways to take
the next step.

Join the Founders' Circle

Access to peer conversations and Studio resources. No fees, no strings.

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Have a 30-minute conversation

A direct conversation about where AI fits your organization. No deck, no pitch.

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About the Studio

We have spent our careers inside healthcare.

The Studio was founded by people who built and deployed healthcare technology inside U.S. health systems. We worked alongside clinicians, operations leaders, informaticists, and IT teams. We know what HIPAA compliance actually costs, how EHR integrations break, and where change management fails.

We care about care that works. AI is a means to that end, not the story we lead with. Applied carefully and built for real clinical environments, it will reduce the administrative load that has been weighing on clinicians for decades. That is the problem we are here to help solve.

Partner with healthcare operators to build and deploy innovative healthcare solutions with the experience, discipline, and clinical integrity to make transformation effective.

The Team

Three co-founders. One focus.

Between them: venture-backed company building, large-scale healthcare operations, and deep relationships across U.S. health systems.

DC
David Cheng
Co-Founder & CEO
USA & SE Asia

30 years founding companies, deploying capital, and building healthcare technology.

  • Founded Accenx Technologies, a venture-backed healthcare data integration company acquired by Initiate Systems, then IBM
  • Former IBM Watson & Big Data Healthcare executive working with large U.S. health systems
  • Co-founder, K5 Accelerator & Ventures and REDDS Venture; LP across funds
  • $35M+ raised across ventures
TL
Thien Le
Co-Founder & Managing Director
SE Asia

The operator who built healthcare at scale in Vietnam and raised it to international standards.

  • Co-founded and architected the retail expansion of one of Vietnam's largest pharmacy networks, scaling past 1,000 locations
  • Group COO of a 16-hospital medical group; led the organization through international ACHSI accreditation
  • NZTE Beachhead Advisor · AmCham Healthcare Committee · Ho Chi Minh City Retail Pharmacy Association
DB
Dean Burton
Co-Founder & COO
USA

30 years delivering enterprise healthcare technology, integrations, and digital transformation.

  • Extensive experience in technology deployment in complex healthcare environments
  • Trusted advisor to CMOs and CIOs at major U.S. health systems
  • Direct relationships with senior leadership across health systems
  • Operational experience that turns clinical and AI strategy into systems that ship at scale
Get in touch

We'd like to hear from you.

A specific challenge, a question about the Circle, or just a conversation. We read every message and respond personally.

info@foundershealthai.com