About Parachute
Parachute provides governance infrastructure that helps hospitals evaluate, deploy, monitor, and audit clinical AI tools, including vendor vetting, automated benchmarking, drift/compliance monitoring, and audit-trail documentation. The company was built after its founders deployed AI at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and is part of Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$2.3M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
Founders
Aria Vikram
Co-founder & CEO @ Parachute. Previously NLP Researcher @ Columbia; deployed AI chatbots for doctors @ CUIMC. Google Code-In Grand Prize winner, RSI alum, and USAID awardee.
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Tony Yamin
Co-Founder & CTO @ Parachute; turned down offers from Google and BlackRock. Previously built machine-learning infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Defense at Booz Allen. Best AI @ HackPrinceton and Finalist @ YaleHack.
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