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December 16, 2025
Uber Eats alum lands $14M seed from a16z to fix WhatsApp chaos for LatAm's doctors
Leona Health built an AI co-pilot to manage the flood of patient messages Latin American doctors receive on WhatsApp.
TL;DR
- Leona Health, a startup focused on improving healthcare communication, secured $14 million in seed funding.
- The company targets doctors in Latin America who use WhatsApp for patient communication.
- Leona's AI copilot helps manage, prioritize, and respond to patient messages via a mobile app.
- The service aims to save doctors 2-3 hours per day by filtering urgent requests from administrative ones.
- Leona plans to expand its services beyond Latin America to other global markets.
- The startup's team is based in Mexico City and Silicon Valley.
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