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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.

We invite healthcare leaders who have the influence to drive real change — within their organizations and across the industry — to join us.

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 paralysis — or expensive experiments that fail loudly. The Studio exists to break that pattern.

How we engage

A deliberate path from conversation to impact.

Two phases — no cost and no commitment to start, deepening only when a clear, shared opportunity emerges.

Phase One

The Founders' Circle

Join a curated peer community of U.S. healthcare leaders. No fees, no commitment. Access peer insight, AI briefings, and direct Studio conversations — on your terms.

Invitation-only. No vendor pitches. No procurement cycle.

Request an invitation
Phase Two

Co-Funded AI Build

When two or more member organizations converge on a shared AI opportunity, the Studio builds it with them. Co-funders shape the product, deploy it first, and become founding customers — with equity — in a dedicated software company.

Entered only when the right opportunity surfaces. Never obligatory.

The Founders' Circle

Start with a conversation, not a contract.

An invitation-only community of senior U.S. healthcare leaders engaged in structured, confidential conversations about where AI creates real clinical and operational value. No sales agenda. Members shape it; the Studio facilitates.

What members get — at no cost

01

Peer discussions

Dedicated discussions on the clinical and operational AI topics members raise — documentation burden, care transitions, denial management, predictive risk, and more.

02

Healthcare AI briefings

Vendor-landscape reads, build-vs-buy frameworks, regulatory updates, and market intelligence — written for C-suite decision-makers.

03

Direct Studio access

One-on-one conversations with the Studio team on questions specific to your environment, your EHR stack, and your board's expectations.

04

Curated peer introductions

When another member is working through a problem your team also faces, we connect you — confidentially, with consent.

05

Early sight on emerging builds

When members converge on a shared opportunity, you see it first and decide whether to engage. No obligation, ever.

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 conversation starts from a problem a member raised.

Chatham House rule, always.

Nothing is attributed without consent.

For health systems ready to build

Get AI built for your environment — without building alone.

When a clear opportunity surfaces from within the Circle, the Studio brings together the right organizations and the right team to build it. Co-funders don't just sponsor a product — they define it, deploy it, and own a stake in it.

Built around your workflows

The product reflects your clinical environment, your terminology, and your operational realities — shaped by your team throughout development.

Materially lower cost than building solo

Shared development across co-funders means a fraction of the investment for each — with results inside a single budget cycle.

Healthcare-native team, HIPAA by design

Decades of experience inside U.S. health systems. HIPAA-compliant architecture, FHIR R4 interoperability, compliance in every sprint.

Equity in the company your product becomes

The platform spins out as its own software company. Co-funders become founding customers — locked-in pricing, a roadmap voice, and equity in the spinout.

Where we focus

Problems in U.S. healthcare we can address.

These are the areas the Studio is actively exploring — surfaced by healthcare leaders who are living with these challenges. Inside the Circle, members shape the agenda. Any of these topics, and others that members bring to the table, can be raised, discussed, and developed into co-funded solutions.

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

Topics are driven by members. Any challenge deemed relevant by the Circle can be brought to the table.

Two ways to take
the next step.

Join the Founders' Circle

A seat in the peer conversations, access to Studio resources. No fees, no commitment.

Request an invitation

Have a 30-minute conversation

A direct conversation about where AI can make your organization more effective. No deck, no pitch.

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About the Studio

Built by people who have spent
careers inside healthcare.

The Founders HealthAI Studio was formed by a team with decades of combined experience building and deploying healthcare technology inside U.S. health systems. We have worked alongside clinicians, informaticists, operations leaders, and IT teams — navigating the real constraints of HIPAA, EHR integration, change management, revenue cycle management, and clinical workflow.

Our passion is advancing effective care. Not AI for its own sake — but AI applied with discipline, clinical integrity, and a clear-eyed view of where it creates genuine value. We believe AI is a catalyst that will transform healthcare to a level that is difficult to imagine today: faster diagnosis, fewer preventable events, lower administrative burden, and a system that spends more of its capacity on patients and less on process.

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

The Team

Together, decades of experience across every dimension.

They cover every dimension needed — building, operating, and direct U.S. healthcare access.

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

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

  • Founded Accenx Technologies — 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 has built healthcare at scale in Vietnam — and raised it to international standards.

  • Co-founded & 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.

Whether you have a specific AI challenge in mind, want to learn more about the Founders' Circle, or simply want to compare notes — reach out. We respond to every message personally.

info@foundershealthai.com