Athelas

What Athelas does

Athelas is a Mountain View, California-based healthcare AI company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commure, founded in 2016 and acquired by Commure in October 2023. The company has evolved from its origins in remote patient monitoring into an integrated, AI-native platform spanning five core products: Athelas Air (an EHR with embedded AI receptionist, scheduling, compliance checks, and patient portal), Ambient AI (a clinical documentation co-pilot and autonomous coding layer), RCM (Revenue Cycle Management with AI Denial Defense, Remittance Recon Agents, AI browser agents, and a configurable rules engine running dozens of automations), Athelas Home (an FDA 510(k)-cleared, CLIA-waived point-of-care hematology analyzer using on-device computer vision and a deep-learning model), and Athelas Agents (a suite of autonomous AI agents for scheduling, billing, appeals, and patient outreach). The platform is built on an ONC (g)(10) certified FHIR R4B API with US Core 6.1.0 compliance and integrates with more than 60 EHR systems, processing tens of billions of dollars in annual payments and supporting tens of millions of appointments per year with more than 85% of RCM work completed without a human in the loop.

Athelas serves a dual-segment customer base: large enterprise health systems (130+ of the nation's largest, including HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare) and mid-market specialty physician practices across physical therapy, orthopedics, dermatology, urology, ENT, gastroenterology, urgent care, podiatry, and FQHCs. The company employs 101–250 people (with Forward Deployed Engineering teams supporting implementation), and in May 2026 announced a $70 million financing at a $7 billion post-money valuation led by General Catalyst, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Kirkland & Ellis, to scale R&D in agentic AI and expand into global healthcare markets.

The business model combines multi-product SaaS subscriptions (Air, Ambient AI, RCM, Agents), performance- and transaction-based RCM fees (denial management, patient collections, SmartPay), and hardware sales for Athelas Home devices deployed in homes, ambulatory settings, and pharmacies. Pricing is custom and quote-based, segmented by provider count and product bundle, sold primarily through direct enterprise field sales, inside-sales for mid-market practices, industry conference presence, and technology partnerships (e.g., Clinekt Health, Cape Cod Rehab). Customer outcomes reported in published case studies include 95% first-pass claim rates, 50% denial reductions, and tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in monthly revenue gains, supporting land-and-expand economics across multi-site provider groups.

Name

Athelas

Legal name

Athelas, LLC

Website

https://athelas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Athelas is a Commure-owned healthcare AI subsidiary that provides an integrated platform combining RCM, an EHR (Air), ambient AI scribing, AI agents, and an FDA-cleared hematology analyzer, serving 500+ healthcare organizations across 3,000+ sites of care including HCA and Tenet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Practice Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR) (HLALAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

EHR Extensions, APIs, App Marketplaces & SMART-on-FHIR Apps (HLACAAAN), Medical-Grade Device Connectivity & Device Management (MDM) (HLACAFAG), RPM Reimbursement, Billing & Program Operations Platforms (HLACAFAN)

Keywords

• Revenue cycle management
• Electronic health records
• Ambient clinical documentation
• AI medical scribing
• Healthcare automation platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Mountain View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription (RCM + Ambient AI + Air EHR + Agents): Recurring SaaS subscriptions across the integrated Athelas/Commure platform covering RCM tools, Ambient AI scribing, the Air EHR, and Athelas Agents, sold as a multi-product platform with upsell across modules.
2. RCM Managed Services / Performance-based Fees: End-to-end revenue cycle management services for healthcare practices (Athelas RCM), including claim submission, denial management, patient responsibility collections, and reporting; includes performance-driven components tied to collections, recoveries, and automation rates.
3. Athelas Home Diagnostics Device Sales / Deployment: Revenue tied to the FDA-cleared Athelas Home CLIA-waived hematology analyzer deployed in home and point-of-care settings (ambulatory providers, pharmacies), enabling frequent Absolute Neutrophil Count testing for chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, and Clozapine patients.
4. Enterprise Health System Licensing: Large-scale enterprise deployments inside health systems (130+ of the largest including HCA Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare), processing tens of billions of dollars in annual payments; includes expansion to global healthcare markets.
5. Patient Responsibility Collections / SmartPay: Athelas handles patient responsibility collection flows (including SmartPay technology, bulk auto-charging of saved cards, and in-office collection workflows), generating a percentage-based or transaction-based component of revenue tied to patient balances collected.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Athelas develops an AI-native healthcare practice platform that unifies revenue cycle management (RCM), an electronic health record (Air EHR), ambient AI clinical documentation, AI workflow agents, and an FDA-cleared CLIA-waived hematology analyzer (Athelas Home). The platform is sold primarily to U.S. health systems and specialty physician practices to automate claims, denial management, charting, scheduling, and patient communications.

Product overview

Athelas operates as a multi-module healthcare AI platform unified under the Commure parent company, with five core product lines that fit together as an integrated offering. The platform centers on Air EHR, a unified electronic health record that natively embeds Ambient AI (formerly Scribe) for ambient clinical documentation and connects to Athelas Agents — a suite of AI-powered extensions including an Autonomous AI Receptionist, Clinical Agents, and Search Agents — that automate clinical and administrative workflows. Rounding out the portfolio, RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) handles end-to-end billing and claims automation with AI Denial Defense and Remittance Recon Agents, while Athelas Home is a standalone FDA-cleared, CLIA-waived point-of-care hematology analyzer that feeds results directly into the EHR. Underpinning the platform, the Athelas FHIR API (ONC (g)(10) certified, US Core 6.1.0 compliant) provides standardized integration with 60+ EHR systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Athelas Ambient AI: Ambient AI scribe and clinical documentation/coding suite (formerly Scribe).
• Athelas Air
• Athelas RCM
• Athelas Home
• Athelas Agents

Products and services

• Ambient AI (formerly Scribe) Ambient clinical documentation AI that listens to patient-provider encounters and automatically generates structured clinical notes, CPT/ICD-10 codes, and syncs them to the EHR in real time; targeted at physicians, advanced practice providers, and specialty practices across the U.S.
• Air EHR All-in-one electronic health record platform that combines clinical charting, scheduling, patient portal, ambient AI documentation, an autonomous AI receptionist, compliance checks, and embedded revenue cycle management for healthcare practices and large health systems.
• Athelas RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) End-to-end revenue cycle management platform that automates medical billing, claim submission, denial management with AI Denial Defense, remittance reconciliation via AI agents, patient responsibility collection (SmartPay), and revenue analytics; sold to healthcare practices, FQHCs, urgent care, and large health systems.
• Athelas Home (CLIA-waived Hematology Analyzer) FDA 510(k)-cleared, CLIA-waived AI-powered hematology analyzer that uses an on-device neural-network computer vision model to deliver white blood cell count and neutrophil percentage results from a finger-prick blood sample in minutes; deployed with home patients, ambulatory providers, and pharmacies for chemotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, and Clozapine monitoring.
• Athelas Agents Suite of AI-powered agents that act as virtual staff for scheduling, billing, appeals, clinical Q&A, and 24/7 patient access via an autonomous AI receptionist; extends the Air EHR and RCM platforms for healthcare practices and large health systems.

Named customers34 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability13 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered mid, core, major (customer + referenced adoption partner) and major (acquisition by parent).

• Cape Cod RehabmidStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Athelas is the technology partner for Cape Cod Rehab, providing RCM and EHR capabilities plus workflow automation to reduce administrative burden on clinicians in a physical therapy / rehabilitation setting. Cape Cod Rehab described Athelas as a 'clear choice.'
• Rock ValleymidStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026Director of Operations AIR Jake Pelligrini describes Athelas' partnership with Rock Valley as a 'true partnership' to push the product to an even greater spot, leveraging Rock Valley's scale and experience to deliver a seamless Air EHR experience.
• Clinekt HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 16 April 2026Athelas announced a partnership with Clinekt Health to integrate its automation capabilities with Clinekt's AI-driven patient pre-screening and routing tools for specialty practices. The collaboration aims to create a fully automated pipeline from initial website visit to booked appointment.
• HCA Healthcaremajor (customer + referenced adoption partner)Technology or Integration · 13 May 2025HCA Healthcare is referenced in the Commure 'Future of Medical Coding' blog as a leading health system adopting AI-assisted medical coding, autonomous coding, and real-time decision support technologies integrated with the Commure/Athelas platform.
• Augmedixmajor (acquisition by parent)Strategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Athelas's parent company Commure acquired AI medical scribe platform Augmedix for $139M (announced 2024) following its October 2023 acquisition of Athelas. The two acquisitions demonstrate Commure's strategic push to build out AI capabilities across medical documentation and revenue cycle management.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nabla: AI medical scribe that converts patient-provider conversations into structured clinical notes. Direct competitor to Athelas Ambient AI for ambulatory and specialty practices.
• Suki AI: AI voice-enabled clinical assistant that generates notes and documentation for clinicians, with deep EHR integration. Direct competitor in the AI ambient scribe / physician productivity space.
• Abridge: AI medical documentation platform that ambiently generates clinical notes and integrates with EHRs including Epic. Direct competitor to Athelas's Ambient AI and Athelas Air offerings for health systems and physician practices.
• DeepScribe: AI-powered medical scribing and ambient documentation platform built for specialty practices. Direct competitor in the AI medical documentation market targeting the same specialty physician customer base.
• eClinicalWorks: Integrated EHR, practice management, and RCM platform serving ambulatory practices and FQHCs. Closely comparable bundled offering to Athelas Air + RCM for specialty and mid-market practices.
• athenahealth: Cloud-based EHR, practice management, and RCM platform serving physician practices and health systems. Direct competitor across Athelas's EHR + RCM + ambient AI bundle for ambulatory and enterprise customers.
• NextGen Healthcare: EHR, practice management, and RCM platform focused on specialty ambulatory practices. Closely comparable to Athelas's mid-market specialty practice strategy and product bundling.
• R1 RCM: End-to-end revenue cycle management services and technology for hospitals and large physician groups. Direct competitor in the RCM segment Athelas serves with its RCM and AI Denial Defense offerings.
• Waystar: Cloud-based revenue cycle management platform for healthcare organizations covering claims management, denials, and patient payments. Direct competitor to Athelas's RCM product line.

Others

• Augmedix: AI medical scribe platform acquired by Commure (Athelas's parent) for $139M in 2024. Sister company under the same parent, with overlapping ambient AI scribing capabilities and similar specialty-practice customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat8 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/athelasdevice
• GitHubgithub.com/getathelas
• Facebookfacebook.com/AthelasDevice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commure

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors14 records

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M&A

Investments

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