Qualified Health Secures $125M Funding to Scale AI in Health Systems

Qualified Health, a startup that partners with health systems to assess and implement artificial intelligence tools, has secured $125 million in new funding to expand its operations.

Established in 2023, the company offers a platform designed to support systemwide AI adoption, helping healthcare organizations integrate the technology in a safe and responsible way while also building the foundation for sustained, long-term AI investment.

The series B round was led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from new investors GreatPoint Ventures, Transformation Capital, Cathay Innovation, Anthropic and Menlo Ventures’ Anthology fund. 

The funding, first reported by Axios earlier this month, marks the company’s third capital raise. Prior rounds included a $5 million seed investment and a $25 million series A (later disclosed as $30 million in January 2025), bringing total funding to $155 million. Executives said the company is now valued between $500 million and $1 billion.

According to co-founder and CEO Justin Norden, health systems are increasingly seeking partners that can deploy AI solutions across entire organizations rather than through isolated pilot programs. He said Qualified Health aims to serve as a long-term, embedded AI partner, helping providers scale adoption by operationalizing their data infrastructure.

Norden said that when the company was founded, it made an unconventional decision to prioritize a platform-first approach, aiming to serve as core infrastructure. He said the company seeks to form deep partnerships spanning data integration, workforce education and organizational transformation, while also managing numerous workflows and AI agents within a single system that oversees, monitors and examines performance.

The healthcare AI sector is gaining momentum in 2026 as health system leaders increasingly prioritize value generation and seek deployments that can deliver meaningful returns on investment, according to Norden.

Qualified Health, which was established as a public benefit corporation, plans to deepen relationships with its current health system partners while expanding its presence across the U.S. hospital landscape. The company intends to allocate the newly raised capital toward advancing its product capabilities and strengthening its engineering team.

As providers move to implement AI at scale, Qualified Health offers a platform designed with built-in safety and governance features. These include clinician oversight, comprehensive audit trails, transparent source attribution and ongoing monitoring of AI systems after deployment, executives said.

Health systems partnering with Qualified Health say initial implementations are already producing quantifiable outcomes.

Nabile Safdar, chief AI officer at Emory Healthcare, said that partnering with Qualified Health enables the organization to build and deploy the AI tools it requires while ensuring they are implemented in a safe and responsible manner. He added that the collaboration positions them at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence to improve patient care at Emory.

At University of Texas Medical Branch, the company built a secure data infrastructure spanning both electronic health record and non-EHR sources within the first six months. During that period, it also rolled out multiple AI assistants and automated workflows, ultimately delivering more than $15 million in measurable annualized impact.

Why Qualified Health Raised $125M

The funding round led by major investors reflects increasing demand for enterprise-wide AI solutions, with Qualified Health positioning itself as a strategic partner for healthcare organizations. Unlike fragmented AI pilots, Qualified Health enables health systems to deploy, govern, and scale AI across entire organizations, ensuring safety and compliance.

How Qualified Health Is Transforming Healthcare AI

Qualified Health provides a robust platform that integrates clinical and administrative workflows, offering governance frameworks, monitoring systems, and role-based controls. By addressing risks such as data privacy and AI inaccuracies, Qualified Health ensures that AI deployment remains secure and effective across healthcare environments .Leading institutions such as Mercy, Emory Healthcare, and the University of Texas System are already partnering with Qualified Health to scale AI solutions.