Every patient heard.
Every call answered.

Cancer patients can't reach their doctor when it matters most

A single physician manages 20–40 active patients undergoing treatment. Each one generates family calls, symptom questions, lab result inquiries, and after-hours emergencies. The EHR inbox alone can hold 1,000+ unread messages. Missed calls don't just frustrate — they delay triage.

62%

of cancer patients report unmet communication needs during treatmentASCO Patient Experience Survey, 2023

1,000+

EHR inbox messages per physician — each requiring sign-off, creating documentation backlog

53%

of physicians report burnout — inbox and phone burden a top driverMedscape Physician Burnout Report, 2024

3 mo.

“Three months with an aggressive cancer like mine could have changed many outcomes.”Stephanie di Bacco, Stage 3 TNBC

Without YouSquared

“I felt heard. I was seen. I wasn't just another patient — I was Steph, a real person.”

Stephanie di Bacco
Stage 3 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer survivor
On her first interaction with a YouSquared AI

“AI is here to simplify the system, reduce the burden, and drive positive change for both patients and professionals alike. Let's save lives, not waste time.”

What your AI secretary does

Every unanswered call is a patient who feels abandoned. YouSquared answers instantly — triaging, informing, connecting — without replacing the physician, by freeing them. Works alongside your EHR — we handle the voice channels EHRs can't: after-hours inbound, outbound voice outreach, procedure intake.

Clinical Trial Referral Call

AI pre-screens breast cancer patient for trial eligibility

Medical Oncology Call

AI handles patient symptom check-in after treatment

Built by AI pioneers, backed by the best

Alexandre Dalyac

CEO & Co-founder

Founded Tractable, AI unicorn valued at $1B+, serving Fortune 500. Serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in applied AI.

Alexandre de Brébisson

CTO & Co-founder

PhD supervised by Yoshua Bengio (Mila Montreal). Inventor of voice cloning. Cutting-edge AI & signal processing research.

Dr Talat Bessissow

Medical Advisor

Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, MUHC / McGill. Strong medical grounding for healthcare deployment.

Zetta Venture Partners

K5 Global

“I'm the only doctor who gives out his cell phone number”

100%

Calls answered — no patient hears a voicemail

0

Missed emergencies — urgent alerts reach physician immediately

10×

More efficient — reading summaries vs. answering the phone

24/7

Always on — nights, weekends, holidays

Dr. Imran Ali, MD, MS, MPH

Asst. Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Board-certified Geriatric Medicine & Internal Medicine
Founding board, American Academy of Geriatric Oncology
Pfizer consultant — GDF-15 drug trial steering committee
Baker Award for Compassionate Care (Yale)

“I was getting phone calls on my desk phone. People left messages two weeks ago and couldn't get to me in time.”

“I'm the only doctor who gives my phone number out. People feel like — oh my God, I can reach my doctor anytime.”

“If you ignore patients — patient dissatisfaction, they feel disconnected. The AI makes them feel acknowledged. That's the power.”

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Three doors to open

Accelerator programs and key contacts across all three institutions.

Mount Sinai

Health System — New York

Elementa Labs

12-week virtual incubator by Mount Sinai Innovation Partners. No equity. Dedicated internal champion.

elementalabs@mssm.edu

Top 3 contacts

1

Andrew Dunn, MD

Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine

Ali's division chief — 0 hops. Already built patient communication tools.

2

Girish Nadkarni, MD

Chief AI Officer, Windreich Dept of AI

1 hop via Dunn. Holds all three AI roles at Sinai.

3

Dov Shamir, PhD

Head, Elementa Labs (MSIP)

Runs the accelerator. Direct application path.

Also consider: Robbie Freeman, DNP (Chief Digital Transformation Officer — owns AI product deployment); Kereeti Pisapati (Dir. Digital Health BD at MSIP — evaluates digital health startups); Erik Lium, PhD (President, MSIP)

Yale New Haven Health

Health System — Connecticut

Center for Health Care Innovation

Co-development partnerships + strategic investment ($250K–$1M). Office hours 2nd Friday/month.

innovation@ynhh.org

Top 3 contacts

1

Walter Lindop

Lead Innovation Consultant, CHI

Front door for AI startups. Leads digital health venture investments.

2

Anne Diamond, JD

President, Bridgeport Hospital & EVP YNHHS

Ali works at her hospital — 0 hops. Can greenlight a local pilot.

3

Margaret Cartiera, PhD

Innovation Director, CHI & CBIT

Senior director overseeing CHI operations. Yale Ventures advisor.

Also consider: Lee Schwamm, MD (SVP & Chief Digital Health Officer — system-wide AI decision-maker); Patrick Kenney, MD (Chief Ambulatory Physician Exec — oversees all NEMG); Josh Geballe (MD, Yale Ventures).

Existing warm paths via David van Dijk (Yale Medicine + CS, vandijklab.org): David Braun, MD (GU oncology trialist, Yale Cancer Center); Jeffrey Ishizuka, MD (oncology trialist); Sophie Holmes (voice AI for clinical trial pre-screening).

Pfizer

Oncology — Global

Start4Health ScaleUps Studio

6-week access to global Pfizer executives. Oncology is explicit focus. Applications open Oct–Nov.

centerfordigitalinnovation.pfizer.com

Top 3 contacts

1

Marianne Gandee

VP, Patient Solutions & Alliances, NA Oncology

Publicly advocates GenAI for patient conversations. Primary decision-maker.

2

Ashok Vardhan

Head, Oncology Med Affairs AI Innovation

Internal AI buyer who evaluates vendors. Role created May 2024.

3

Ioanna Georgiou

Director, Open Innovation (Pfizer CDI)

Runs Start4Health. Direct accelerator application path.

Also consider: Tamara Atkins, MBA (Dir. Oncology Patient Solutions — evaluates tools on Gandee's team); Kristin Olson, JD (Sr. Dir. Oncology Policy — ASCO networker); Johanna Bendell, MD (Chief Dev. Officer Oncology — escalation path)