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Launch YC: Avelis Health ⚔️ Preventing overpayments on medical claims

"Avelis Health audits medical claims for self-insured employers and health plans."

TL;DR:  Avelis Health builds AI agents to audit medical claims and identify errors due to coding, billing, and contract violations. Their voice agents automate the process of requesting medical records and recovering overpaid claims from providers.

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Founded by Angel Onuoha & Ahmad Shehu

The Founders’ Backgrounds

Angel studied CS/Econ at Harvard and is a 3x founder. He scaled his first company to 60+ enterprise partnerships with financial institutions (Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America). In 2021, he and Ahmad founded Zuvy, a fintech company based in Nigeria, which was acquired by a PE firm in 2025. Earlier, Ahmad built healthcare data platforms for the Nigerian government, serving 20M+ people.

The Problem

  • Self-insured employers and health plans lose $100B+ annually to overpayments on medical claims.
  • Legacy audit systems only sample high-dollar claims, missing systematic errors.
  • Patients pay the price with higher premiums, reduced coverage, and larger out-of-pocket expenses.

The Solution

  • Machine Learning: The Avelis Health models review 100% of claims to identify errors and patterns over time.
  • Voice AI: They automate the process of medical record retrieval with voice agents.
  • Clinical validation with LLMs: Their AI agents review medical records to validate what was actually billed.
  • Prevention & Recovery: Avelis Health integrates into existing claim systems to prevent wrongful payments and recover funds already lost.

Why the Founders are Building This

Over the past 9 years, Angel had three knee surgeries and fought down $250k in inflated hospital bills. They first built a consumer tool that saved $300k for 60 patients in a few months. Then the Avelis Health founders realized the bigger impact comes from fixing the problem at its source, before the bill ever reaches the patient.

Learn More

🌐 Visit avelishealth.com to learn more.
🛡️ Get a risk-free claims audit at avelishealth.com.
👣 Follow Avelis Health on LinkedIn & X.

Posted 
August 28, 2025
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