Amazon and Google To Invest in Avia’s Voice Assistant

Aiva, which is a Los Angeles, CA-based voice-powered healthcare assistant, has now received an investment from one of the largest ecommerce platform Amazon’s Alexa Fund and the Google Assistant Investment Program. The amount of the deal as of now not disclosed. The company has plans to use the funds to continue to develop its solution to expand its offering. The startup which is founded and led by founder and CEO Sumeet Bhatia, Aiva is advancing a voice-powered healthcare assistant to speed response times and improve the experience for users and caregivers alike.

“Voice is the new mobile for delivering better healthcare,” said Sumeet Bhatia, Aiva’s Founder/CEO. “We’re thrilled to be working with the Google Assistant Investments team to help expand our offerings and improve care for people who need it the most.”

“It’s exciting to see Aiva pushing the technology even further, using voice to improve vital human interactions like caregiving,” added Google Assistant Investment Program lead and Dialog flow founder Ilya Gelfenbeyn.

Aiva supports all the main aspect which includes the hospitals, physician offices, skilled nursing facilities, senior communities — and in the home. For seniors, voice assistants also connect them with friends, family, and neighbors through hands-free phone and video calls, alleviating loneliness. One of the most important, the assistants remind seniors about events, outings and activities, making life more fun and social.

The company is witnessing increased competition from traditional healthcare companies and technological innovators. Launching its health-focused voice control technology, Alexa Skill last year, the Mayo Clinic is at the forefront of utilizing disruptive technologies. Healthcare insurer, Cigna has also launched its voice control technology “Answers by Cigna” for Amazon Alexa.

The company understands requests and routes them to the most appropriate person, who manages their responses from a care team mobile app. Aiva is a 2017 alumnus of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by TechStars.