What Vista.ai does

Vista AI is a medical imaging software company that has developed FDA-cleared AI software to automate cardiac MRI acquisition on GE and Siemens MRI scanners. Founded in 2012 with roots in Stanford's Magnetic Resonance Science Research Lab, the company's flagship product, Vista AI Scan, is the only third-party software cleared to control MRI systems for image acquisition and reconstruction. The platform automates scan planning and localization (30 seconds), parameter tuning, real-time motion and artifact detection with instant re-scan capability, and in-line analysis, enabling any technologist — regardless of experience level — to produce consistent, high-quality cardiac MRI studies. At Brigham and Women's Hospital, the technology has delivered 26% faster scan times, 50% reduction in variability, 50% more scan slots, and conversion of a 28-day patient backlog to 1-day access, with 2,000+ patient studies conducted over 26 months.

The company sells through an enterprise direct-sales motion to US hospitals and health systems (Brigham and Women's, Cedars-Sinai, Intermountain Health, University of Utah, Tampa General, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Sutter Health, Stanford) and imaging centers (Radiology Regional), with international expansion initiated through a partnership with HekaBio in Japan. Revenue is generated via SaaS-style software licensing integrated with existing MRI infrastructure and PACS workflows; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company also offers RTHawk Research (with the SpinBench pulse sequence design tool) as an adjacent research platform for MRI research and application development. Following $29.5M in Series B financing in January 2026 — led by five health system strategic investors alongside Khosla Ventures and Bold Brain Capital — Vista AI is expanding the platform from cardiac MRI into brain, prostate, and spine imaging and developing remote scanning services.

Vista AI is a privately held company headquartered in Redwood City, California, with 11-50 employees, co-founded by Dr. William Overall, Dr. Juan Santos, and Dr. Bob Hu (all Stanford MRSRL-trained). Daniel Hawkins, a 30-year MedTech veteran and former CEO of Shockwave Medical, was appointed President and CEO in March 2024. The company has raised approximately $38M in cumulative venture funding across its Series A ($8.65M in April 2020) and Series B.

Name

Vista.ai

Legal name

Vista AI, Inc.

Website

https://vista.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vista AI develops FDA-cleared AI software that automates cardiac MRI acquisition on GE and Siemens scanners, enabling any technologist to perform consistent, high-quality scans. It serves US hospitals, health systems, and imaging centers via enterprise SaaS licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Software

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiology AI, CAD & Advanced Visualization Software (HLAHABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

SaMD – Imaging & Signal Analysis (AI/ML) (HLACANAG), Imaging Informatics & Workflow (PACS/RIS/VNA) (HLAHABAI), Medical Imaging AI (HDAAAEAH)

Keywords

• AI MRI scanning
• Cardiac MRI software
• Medical imaging automation
• MRI acquisition software
• Radiology workflow automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. MRI Automation Software License: SaaS-based software that integrates with GE and Siemens MRI scanners, enabling automated cardiac MRI scanning. Revenue likely generated through software licensing with healthcare systems, with subscription or per-scan pricing structures typical in medical device software.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vista AI develops and sells FDA-cleared AI-powered MRI acquisition software that automates cardiac MRI scanning on GE and Siemens MRI systems. The software handles scan planning, parameter tuning, real-time motion and artifact detection, and in-line analysis, enabling any technologist to produce consistent, high-quality cardiac MRI scans. It also offers an adjacent research platform (RTHawk Research with SpinBench) for designing custom MRI pulse sequences and imaging applications.

Product overview

Vista.ai offers a unified AI-powered MRI platform centered on Vista AI Scan, an FDA-cleared automated cardiac MRI acquisition software. The platform is designed to automate and simplify complex MRI scanning workflows, enabling any technologist to perform high-quality cardiac MRI scans consistently. Vista AI Scan is the company's core commercial product, while RTHawk Research provides an adjacent research platform for advanced MRI pulse sequence development and imaging research using SpinBench. The company is expanding its automation technology beyond cardiac MRI to brain, prostate, and spine imaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RTHawk Research: Research platform providing operating system and GUI-based design tools for creating imaging applications for MRI research.

Products and services

• Vista AI Scan FDA-cleared automated cardiac MRI scanning software that integrates directly with GE and Siemens MRI scanners. It automates scan planning and localization (landmarks, slice alignment, coil selection in 30 seconds), parameter tuning, real-time motion and artifact detection with instant re-scan capability, and in-line analysis to deliver clean, standardized images compatible with PACS. It enables any technologist to perform high-quality, consistent cardiac MRI scans quickly and efficiently, addressing technologist shortages and patient backlogs.
• RTHawk Research Research platform providing an operating system and GUI-based design tools for creating and running MRI imaging applications. It enables integration of research scans with the clinical workflow, graphical pulse sequence design, advanced reconstruction pipelines, and MRI simulation for academic and clinical research users.
• SpinBench GUI-based pulse sequence design tool for rapidly creating complex MRI sequences from an extensive library of building blocks or via custom code. It is sold alongside the RTHawk Research platform to enable advanced MRI pulse sequence prototyping for researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 26% faster CMR scan times
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HekaBiominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2023Japan-based partnership for revolutionizing cardiac MRI examinations, announced August 2023. Vista AI partnered with HekaBio to expand automated cardiac MRI into the Japanese market.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HeartVista: HeartVista develops AI-driven cardiac MRI acquisition software that automates scan planning and acquisition, directly overlapping Vista AI's core cardiac MRI automation offering and target customer base of hospitals and imaging centers.
• Subtle Medical: Subtle Medical provides AI-based image enhancement and acceleration for MRI (and PET) workflows, addressing the same MRI throughput and quality problem for radiology departments that Vista AI targets with automated acquisition.
• Aidoc: Aidoc is a hospital-grade radiology AI platform spanning multiple modalities and use cases (triage, workflow), competing for the same health-system AI budget that Vista AI pursues and potentially expanding into MRI workflow automation.
• RapidAI: RapidAI delivers AI-driven imaging workflow and clinical decision support (initially stroke, expanding to other conditions), competing with Vista AI for hospital-system imaging AI budgets and integration into radiology workflows.
• Viz.ai: Viz.ai provides an AI-powered care coordination and imaging workflow platform deployed across hospital systems, overlapping Vista AI in the hospital imaging AI purchasing category and broader radiology workflow automation.
• Arterys (Tempus): Arterys (now part of Tempus) offers cloud-based medical imaging AI with cardiac MRI analysis capabilities, directly competing in the AI-enabled cardiac MRI workflow segment that Vista AI addresses.

Broad incumbents

• Caption Health (GE HealthCare): Caption Health, acquired by GE HealthCare, provides AI-guided ultrasound acquisition and is being extended across GE's imaging portfolio, representing a major incumbent building AI acquisition guidance that competes with Vista's MRI-focused automation thesis.
• GE HealthCare: GE HealthCare is one of the two dominant MRI scanner vendors that Vista integrates with and is also embedding its own AI automation features into its MR portfolio, making it both a critical partner and a structural competitive threat.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is the second dominant MRI OEM that Vista integrates with and offers its own AI-driven MR workflow and automation capabilities (e.g., Deep Resolve, AI-Rad Companion), competing with Vista's value proposition inside Siemens accounts.
• Philips: Philips is the third major MRI OEM with its own AI-enhanced imaging portfolio (SmartSpeed, AI Manager), representing a broad incumbent that hospital systems may favor over a third-party controller like Vista AI.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Vista_ai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vistaai

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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