Symtho AI

We're building SYMTHO — a WhatsApp-based AI triage system for rural India. No app download. No account. No payment. Just a message. Target: 3B+ people who deserve basic healthcare guidance. MVP in active development. Building in public 🧵 symtho.com

Eli Lilly × Insilico Medicine: $2.75B to bring AI-developed drugs to market. 28+ drugs in pipeline, ~half already clinical-stage. But here's the thing — drug discovery is the expensive end of healthcare AI.

We interviewed 40 people in rural Assam & Uttar Pradesh. 60% said symptom-check was their #1 request. 90% have smartphones. 70% use WhatsApp. This isn't desk research — it's filmed in villages. Building @SymthoAI for them. linkedin.com/company/915242… symtho.com

In rural India, 1 doctor serves 11,000 people. Most travel 30+ km just to be told "come back tomorrow." We're building AI triage on WhatsApp — free, voice-first, in local languages. No app download. No payment. Just health guidance when you need it.

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635 cases. Reviewed by doctors. +90% accuracy. But the number I care most about is zero — zero PII stored. If you're building healthcare AI for vulnerable populations, privacy can't be an afterthought. Here's where we are.

We accept the trade-off: No custom UI. No fancy buttons. Limited formatting. But we reach 500M+ people who already have WhatsApp installed. Access > aesthetics. Built in Copenhagen. Starting with India. symtho.com

The safety layer most AI companies skip: LLMs are probabilistic. In healthcare, some patterns must ALWAYS trigger an emergency. Our IMCEO engine (63+ rules) overrides the AI. Chest pain + shortness of breath = always RED.

We're building SYMTHO — a WhatsApp-based AI triage system for rural India. No app download. No account. No payment. Just a message. Target: 3B+ people who deserve basic healthcare guidance. MVP in active development. Building in public 🧵 symtho.com

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