{"id":3547,"date":"2025-08-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:34:50","slug":"transforming-healthcare-access-with-august-ai-and-microsoft-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/transforming-healthcare-access-with-august-ai-and-microsoft-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming healthcare access with August AI and Microsoft Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the world of healthcare, clarity isn\u2019t a luxury\u2014it’s a lifeline. Every day, millions of people grapple with confusing medical reports, uncertain symptoms, and complex prescriptions as part of their efforts to manage their health. The answers they seek are often hidden behind long queues, jargon and acronym filled documents, and challenging systems. August AI wants to change that experience for every patient, and they\u2019re utilizing the access provided by Microsoft for Startups<\/a> to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your personal health information translator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Leveraging WhatsApp infrastructure, August AI has built an innovative personal health companion that is free, instant, and always on stand by to help when needed, 24 hours a day. Whether you’re trying to make sense of your lab report, having trouble understanding a medication dosage, or feeling unwell late at night, August AI is there for you\u2014an engaging AI helper with the intelligence of a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea for August began in 2022, following a situation where Anuruddh Mishra, August AI founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), went through a painful four-month misdiagnosis for rheumatoid arthritis. Despite having access to doctors, lab tests, and second opinions, finding his way back to a healthy existence remained out of reach. It wasn\u2019t until he took his own deep dive into reports and symptoms to uncover the real issue: a simple nutritional imbalance. The system wasn\u2019t designed to provide the patient-focused information he needed\u2014even though the information was there. That\u2019s what inspired August AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about August AI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since its launch, August AI has supported more than 2.5 million users, exchanged nearly 70 million messages, analyzed more than 6 million medical reports, and processed 1.75 million voice notes in more than 22 languages. August is useful at any point within a patient\u2019s care journey, engaging in rich multi-turn conversations that mimic real clinician interactions. When things are at their most stressful, August can serve as a trusted source of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Azure to demystify healthcare at scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t theoretical AI\u2014this is healthcare in the wild: messy, emotional, and urgent. August AI helps make it clearer, calmer, and more accessible every day. They\u2019re truly a \u201cfirst mover\u201d in this application of AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But making that available at scale required infrastructure that was up to the task.
Microsoft for Startups provided August with the opportunity to build and test on Microsoft Azure\u2014all while having access to expert technical advisors and healthcare experts. As August AI scaled their solution, they realized that Azure infrastructure could more than match the pace of their growth without compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Microsoft Azure<\/a>, August was able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n