Alleviate Health

Backed byAndreessen Horowitz

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Total raised$4.3M
StageSeed
Founded2025
Team size1-10
HQDurham, United States
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About Alleviate Health

Alleviate Health is a San Francisco-based clinical research company founded in October 2023 by CEO Saathvik Boompelli and CTO John Xu. The company develops an AI-powered platform designed to streamline patient recruitment for clinical trials by leveraging artificial intelligence with human-in-the-loop workflows. Operating at seed stage with $4.3 million in funding from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Alleviate Health aims to help research sites accomplish more with fewer resources by simplifying the recruitment process and connecting with trial participants more quickly. As a privately held startup with a small but focused team, the company positions itself as an innovator in the intersection of clinical research, patient recruitment, and artificial intelligence.

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Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States

Founders & Leadership

JX

John Xu

Co-founder @ Alleviate Health

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SB

Saathvik Boompelli

Co-Founder @ Alleviate Health

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AB

Archit B.

Founding Engineer at Alleviate Health | ex-DoorDash, ex-Amazon

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SY

Singhei Yeung

Head of Business Operations & Chief of Staff @ Alleviate Health

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Software Engineering33%
  • Business Operations33%
  • Leadership22%
  • Specialized11%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Duke University
  2. 2.Georgia Institute of Technology
  3. 3.University of Waterloo
  4. 4.The Ohio State University
  5. 5.California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Team Worked At

  • Bain & Company
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • DoorDash
  • Amazon
  • Y Combinator

Team Composition

7 people
  • Operations1 senior3
  • Engineering1 senior2
  • Information Technology1 senior1
  • Leadership1 senior1

Culture & values

Human-in-the-loop approach emphasizing human judgment and intervention in AI workflows

Focus on empowering team members to educate and engage rather than simply increasing volume

Early-stage startup culture with 2-10 employees

Founded by technical co-founders (CEO and CTO) indicating engineering-focused culture

Funding History

SeedOct 2025

$4.3M

raised

Alleviate Health, an AI-driven clinical-trial recruitment startup, raised a $4.3 M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Alt Capital, First Harmonic and several angel investors.

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