Anterior, a clinician-led artificial intelligence platform built for health plans, has closed a $40 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $64 million. The oversubscribed financing included continued participation from NEA and Sequoia Capital, along with new investors FPV and Kinnevik.
The company positions its approach as implementation-first, aiming to help health insurers deploy AI directly inside clinical and operational workflows rather than running pilots that fail to scale. Anterior says it pairs its technology with embedded clinicians who work alongside health plan teams to optimize accuracy, drive adoption, and deliver measurable outcomes in production environments.
Since its $20 million Series A in June 2024, Anterior says it has expanded production deployments across major U.S. health plans, including Geisinger Health Plan, and built strategic integrations with enterprise healthcare technology providers such as HealthEdge and its GuidingCare platform. The company also says it now supports organizations serving 50 million lives and has developed its Forward Deployed Clinician model, designed to reduce deployment risk and shorten time-to-value.
Anterior reported performance and customer outcomes that it says demonstrate real-world impact at scale. The company cited 99.24% clinical accuracy in live production environments, which it said was independently validated by KLAS Research. It also pointed to one enterprise customer that reported reducing clinical review cycles by roughly 75% after rolling out Anterior across hundreds of nurses, alongside staff satisfaction above 90%.
Alongside the fundraising, Anterior announced several senior healthcare leaders joining as advisors, including former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, former Blue Shield of California Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Peter Long, and former UnitedHealthcare executive William Golden.
The new capital will be used to expand production deployments, develop new clinical and operational use cases, grow ecosystem integrations, and further accelerate Anterior’s stated five-day average deployment model. The company says its platform targets payer workflows, including prior authorization, payment integrity, and risk adjustment, to generate medical and operational savings for health plans.
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“AI in health plans is not struggling because of a technology gap, but because implementation is treated as an afterthought. We built Anterior around a different premise: AI only works in healthcare when it’s deployed by clinicians, alongside clinicians. We’ve invested as much in implementation as we have in technology, and the market response has validated that approach.”
Dr. Abdel Mahmoud, MD, Physician and Former Google Product Leader, CEO, Anterior
“When we first engaged Anterior, I was skeptical that AI could work at scale in our clinical workflows. We’ve now scaled Anterior across hundreds of nurses, increased productivity significantly, and the nurses love using it.”
Valerie Limpus, Chief Operations and Technology Officer at MedWatch, a national clinical services and utilization management organization
“What sets Anterior apart is how collaborative they are. I’ve worked with a lot of health tech vendors, but Anterior is different. They actually pick up the phone and solve problems with you.”
George Gjermano, Chief Strategy and Product Officer at WNS-HealthHelp, an Anterior partner and delegated utilization management entity
“In a landscape filled with AI investments that fail to drive returns, Anterior stands out with real RO’AI (return on AI). We’re excited to be part of their journey and to help them bring much-needed efficiency and value into the healthcare ecosystem.”
Pegah Ebrahimi, Managing Partner, FPV Ventures
