San Francisco, February 4, 2026: Lotus Health AI, a digital health startup founded in 2024 by KJ Dhaliwal and Zekka Nelson, has secured $35 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $41 million. Lotus Health AI seeks to transform primary care delivery through artificial intelligence, along with the collaboration of well-qualified physicians.
The latest $35 million Series A round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins and CRV. They are two of the world’s longest-running and most influential venture capital firms. Kleiner Perkins had previously led Lotus’s seed round, according to a press release from Lotus. The firm is also known for early investments in Google, Amazon, Genentech, Twitter, and Airbnb.
CRV General Partner Saar Gur will join Lotus’s board. Gur is known for leading early investments in companies such as DoorDash, Mercury, Patreon, and Ring.
Lotus Health AI is building what it calls a new model for primary care. The company aims to combine advanced medical AI with real, board-certified physicians from leading healthcare institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, UCSF, and Johns Hopkins. The company claims this model can make doctors 10 times more productive while eliminating administrative waste that drives up costs and delays care.
Unlike many healthcare startups, its services are currently offered free of charge.
“Healthcare startups struggle to scale because they either build for whoever pays the most—hospitals, insurers, or pharma—or they push costs onto patients. Either way, patient trust gets compromised,” said Saar Gur in the press release. “Lotus Health AI knows how to rewire the incentives, so they can grow without either. That’s the unlock.”
Lotus Health AI integrates multiple layers of healthcare intelligence into a single platform, including:
Medical AI
Unified patient health data
Latest peer-reviewed medical evidence
Clinical guidelines
Real board-certified physicians reviewing guidance
According to the press release, the system automatically syncs medical records, lab results, medications, wearable data, and insurance benefits into one secure patient profile. Physicians review care recommendations, refine AI-generated guidance, and prescribe medications when necessary. Lab ordering and in-person care routing are expected to be added soon.
The platform supports more than 50 languages and is designed to be available 24/7, aiming to remove common barriers to accessing care.
Lotus Health AI was co-founded in San Francisco by KJ Dhaliwal, who serves as co-founder and CEO. Dhaliwal brings a deeply personal perspective to the venture. Growing up, he translated medical appointments for his immigrant parents and later experienced the healthcare system’s failures through his own health challenges. Before Lotus, Dhaliwal built a consumer technology platform that reached millions of users before being acquired.
“The system has failed all of us. We promise not to,” Dhaliwal stated. “We’re pairing AI with real doctors to deliver world-class primary care for free, anytime.”
Lotus Health AI is not the only startup building an AI-driven doctor. Lightspeed-backed Doctronic is among its competitors. However, Lotus is currently distinguishing itself by offering its entire suite of care at no cost to patients.
The platform is currently available on iOS and is HIPAA compliant. Lotus plans to expand its capabilities to include lab ordering and in-person care routing in the near future.
(Rh/VK)