Kin Health has closed a $9 million seed round to develop an AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes medical appointments for patients, the company told techcrunch.com on Tuesday.

The San Francisco startup’s round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Bio + Health with participation from BoxGroup and 8VC, according to techcrunch.com. Co-founders CEO Sidharth Satish and CTO Ankit Jain—veterans of Epic Systems and Google Health respectively—said the capital will fund engineering hires and HIPAA-compliant cloud infrastructure. The product is already in pilot with three large Midwest health systems and expects to onboard 50 clinics by year-end, the same source reported.

The raise lands amid a surge of venture dollars chasing ambient clinical documentation. In March, Abridge raised $30 million Series B for similar voice-AI tools, while Nabla landed $24 million in May, according to techcrunch.com. Analysts at PitchBook estimate the global medical scribe market at roughly $1.2 billion, driven by physician burnout and new U.S. reimbursement codes that pay for AI-generated notes. Kin’s patient-facing angle differentiates it from rivals that sell primarily to providers, potentially opening direct-to-consumer revenue streams.

Kin plans to launch its iOS and Android apps this fall, Satish told techcrunch.com, and will seek FDA 510(k) clearance for diagnostic summarization features by Q2 2025. The company also aims to close a Series A within twelve months to fund expansion into chronic-care coaching, the same source added.

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