Building a guardian angel for physicians

Our latest episode features Maxime Allouch and Taieb Bennani, co-founders of Vera Health (YC S24), an AI-powered clinical decision support platform built to serve as a “guardian angel” for clinicians. Both come from families of physicians and met at MIT, where they bonded over building predictive models to support their dads’ specialties. That personal connection evolved into a shared mission: making the best medical evidence available at the point of care.

In this conversation, they walk us through Vera’s journey—from an initial consumer-facing app to a clinician-first platform now integrated into EHRs. They share their experience going through Y Combinator, the lessons they had to learn the hard way, and how shadowing physicians in emergency departments helped shape the product into what it is today. We dive into the technical side as well, including how Vera ranks and reasons over medical literature, prioritizing transparency, quality, and recency.

With increasing adoption in both U.S. and European healthcare systems, Vera is positioning itself as a trusted tool for frontline providers. Maxim and TB offer a thoughtful and grounded perspective on building in healthcare AI—one that balances cutting-edge tech with the realities of clinical workflows.

If you’re interested in the future of clinical decision support or building in healthcare more broadly, this episode is worth a listen.