Red Cell Partners (“Red Cell”), an investment and incubation firm that backs, builds, and scales technology-led companies in healthcare and defense, today announced the formation of Zephyr AI, Inc. (“Zephyr AI”).
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Zephyr AI’s mission is to transform drug discovery, redefine personalized medicine, and empower healthcare systems to achieve better patient outcomes at lower cost. Zephyr AI integrates artificial intelligence with extensive datasets to upend traditional “guess and test” drug development and personalized medicine processes to unearth novel therapeutics, new applications for existing therapeutics, and advanced biomarkers for individualized treatments.
The company is co-founded by Dr. Yisroel Brumer, Zephyr AI Chief Executive Officer (formerly of the Office of the Secretary of Defense), Grant Verstandig, Zephyr AI Executive Chairman (Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer UnitedHealth Group; Chief Digital Officer UnitedHealth Group 2017-2021; Founder and former CEO of Rally Health), and Jeff Sherman, Zephyr AI Chief Technology Officer (former ML Architect at Rally Health).
“Integrating a massive array of datasets from our healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotech partners coupled with our extraordinary team building truly revolutionary algorithms is what sets us apart,” said Zephyr AI CEO Yisroel Brumer. “We could not be more excited about the potential to transform targeted patient care and to drastically reduce healthcare and drug development costs.”
“We are in the early stages of understanding the extent of what can be uncovered by data science techniques,” said Executive Chairman Grant Verstandig. “Zephyr AI’s deep insights and enduring partnerships will enable us to uncover paradigm-shifting discoveries in healthcare.”
Zephyr AI’s founders are joined by an exceptional board of directors composed of internationally recognized leaders with expertise across biotechnology, healthcare delivery, health insurance, and government. Grant Verstandig (Executive Chairman) and Yisroel Brumer (CEO) are joined on the Board by Dr. Sol J. Barer (Co-founder & former CEO, Celgene Corporation); Dr. Jack Rowe (former CEO, Aetna); Ken Samet (President & CEO, MedStar Health);