Lotus Health has raised US$35m in a series A round to expand its “AI doctor”, which provides free, round-the-clock primary care.
Together with a seed round, the company said this brings its total funding to US$41m.
The company said it will use the funding to build out its infrastructure, clinical team and runway for its artificial intelligence-powered model for primary care.
The series A round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and CRV. Kleiner Perkins also led the seed round.
Annie Case, partner at Kleiner Perkins, said: “Every few decades, a product emerges that doesn’t just improve a system, but redefines it.
“Lotus Health AI has the potential to do that for primary care by delivering greater access, lower cost and better outcomes at scale.”
Lotus Health’s platform, which it describes as an AI doctor, provides free, round-the-clock primary care.
The system syncs medical records, laboratory results, medications, wearable data and insurance benefits to create a single patient profile.
It brings together medical artificial intelligence, unified patient health data, peer-reviewed medical evidence, clinical guidelines and board-certified physicians who review its guidance.
The company said its model reduces the cost of care and makes doctors 10 times more productive by eliminating administrative bottlenecks and providing tools to doctors.
Physicians review care, refine recommendations and prescribe medications when needed, with laboratory ordering and in-person care routing said to be coming soon.
Lotus Health earns revenue not by billing patients but by offering premium sponsorships inside its app. Patients need no insurance.
OpenAI said in January that AI has become one of the most widely used entry points into the healthcare system, with more than 40 million people worldwide using ChatGPT every day for health-related questions.
The company said that figure places AI alongside primary care, urgent care and telehealth as a first stop for medical information.
