Evergrove
New accelerator entry · 2026-08-13 · the record
In their words
We've built voice agents for the largest work comp managed care orgs and specialist PT networks in the country, making >500K calls annually and accelerating the speed at which they coordinate care. On average, our customers see a 40% increase in workflow completion, 10x decrease in cycle times, and >60% reduction in cost. We think voice agents are the starting point for solving slow and fragmented care coordination in this market. Companies that manage an injured worker's care rely on short-staffed contact centres and archaic methods of info exchange: phone, fax, and email. Every delay along the path of care leads to slower rehab of the injured worker, lower throughput for providers, and higher expense for the insurer/employer.
What the record says
Co-founder and CTO. We build agents for healthcare enterprises. Prev AI engineer at Newfront (Acq for $1.3B). Was on the platform team, wrote code for millions of authentication and authorization interactions at Newfront; Refactored file management for millions of mission critical insurance files. Cofounder and I built fully autonomous insurance placements in 2025 - negotiating insurance coverage over email for policies between 300k to 1 million USD, achieving 15-20% cost reduction.
Co-founder and CEO. We're building interoperability in healthcare and commercial insurance. Voice agents are our bread & butter. Prev AI PM lead at Newfront (Acq for $1.3B), Azure ML & VS Code at MSFT, Waterloo Eng Alum (2018), and co-founder of appinkflow.com (bootstrapped). Co-founder and I built AI-native placement service within Newfront. Small team of expert humans and agent swarms negotiated policies between $300K and $1M USD, achieving 40% faster renewal times, and 15-20% cost reduction.
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