Bengaluru-based Pype AI Secures $1.2 Mn Pre-Seed Round led by Kalaari Capital

The funding is expected to facilitate its entry into the U.S. market, where patient care management is estimated to exceed $50 billion.

Bengaluru-based AI healthcare startup Pype AI has raised $ 1.2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Kalaari Capital, with participation from Wyser Capital and Tenity.

The funding is expected to support further development of its research-driven healthcare communication platform and facilitate entry into the U.S. market, where patient care management is estimated to exceed $ 50 billion.

The startup, founded in 2024 by Dhruv Mehra and Ashish Tripathy, Pype AI develops specialty-trained voice AI agents for hospitals and clinics.

These agents automate critical patient interactions from appointment scheduling and follow-ups to treatment-preparation guidance and round-the-clock support, enabling hospitals to go live with the system in days.

Commenting on the investment, Dhruv Mehra, CEO and Co-founder of Pype AI, said, “Hospitals are losing patients, revenue, and trust because communication systems are broken. We saw how doctors want to help but struggle to engage patients outside the hospital. Pype AI bridges that gap using AI to ensure every patient gets timely care while every doctor’s time is used effectively.”

Reflecting similar thoughts, Ashish Tripathy, CTO and Co-founder of Pype AI, added, “Our vision is to build the AI nurse for every hospital, not to replace people, but to enable care teams to focus on critical patients while AI manages the routine coordination. This unlocks new models of proactive, continuous care that weren’t feasible before.”

In addition to its core voice agents, Pype AI has developed Whispey, an open-source observability platform with over 40 evaluations to ensure compliance, safety, and performance.

The platform also includes a voice-based in-call feedback tool that enables clinicians to provide real-time inputs during ongoing interactions, supporting faster annotation, testing, and data collection.

Further, the technology is integrated with a hospital EHR system, which is designed to streamline patient communication processes by replacing legacy IVR or manual workflows.

It provides automated responses and escalates urgent cases when necessary, contributing to reduced missed appointments, lower operational workload, and improved patient follow-up.

Commenting on the new partnership, Jayraj Bharat Patel, AVP at Kalaari Capital, said, “Globally, healthcare has long suffered from deep operational inefficiencies. Pype AI is solving this with domain-specific agents designed to handle communication reliably and at scale. We’re super excited to partner with Dhruv and Ashish on their journey to transform patient communication and care delivery globally.”

The system is currently deployed across multiple healthcare facilities in India, where it manages over 85% of incoming patient queries without human involvement.

The startup is reportedly working on EMR integrations with Zocdoc, Epic, and Cerner, and is onboarding U.S. clinic chains. It aims to expand to more than 50 hospitals and clinic networks across India and the U.S. by mid-2026.

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