OpenEvidence
5 storiesOpenEvidence is an AI medical search platform that doctors use to consult medical literature and clinical guidelines for patient care. Recent coverage reported a $15 billion valuation, use by nearly two-thirds of US doctors and over 42 million prompts processed in a month. A JAMA study analyzed 271 million clinician queries, and the company partnered with Anthropic and Penn Medicine to offer free clinical decision support in about 100 low- and middle-income countries.
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Ad-supported AI search platform OpenEvidence has reached a $15 billion valuation, with nearly two-thirds of US doctors using it to consult medical literature and clinical guidelines for patient care. The company said it processed over 42 million prompts last month, and its founder calls it the first viral consumer internet app in healthcare.
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's researchers analyzed 271 million queries from 952,008 clinicians on OpenEvidence between January 2024 and June 2026. Monthly active users rose from 355 to 703,265, queries per user from 18 to 39.5, and month-to-month retention from about 70% to 90%. Doctors often use AI outside their expertise.
OpenEvidence is partnering with Anthropic and Penn Medicine to offer free AI-powered clinical decision support in 100 low- and middle-income countries across Africa and Asia. Anthropic provides Claude Credits, engineers, and funding; OpenEvidence tailors the platform to local medical guidelines.
Anthropic and OpenEvidence are partnering to provide free AI-powered clinical decision support in about 100 low- and middle-income countries, including Uganda and Angola. OpenEvidence was consulted 42 million times by US clinicians in August alone.
Sutter Health has expanded clinical AI use: partnering with Aidoc to review imaging and draft radiology reports, working with OpenEvidence for clinical search, and planning a new Bay Area medical school with Santa Clara University. Serving over 3.5 million patients, Sutter is integrating AI into care and medical education.
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