Ferry Health exits stealth with AI that books doctor visits — $9M seed

Ferry Health said it launched an AI personal assistant that finds in-network providers, calls to confirm availability, and books appointments for patients — without the patient living on hold. The company announced a $9 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, and others, and says more than one million patients already have access through health-system and insurer partnerships across all 50 U.S. states.

HEALTH desk — same-day company primary that an AI agent is already calling providers and booking insurance-covered appointments, with more than one million patients said to have access and a named $9 million seed from a16z and Index.

Funding, company: $9 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Avid Ventures, Layout Ventures, SV Angel, Box Group, and Asymmetric Capital, plus angels including Jay Desai and the founders of Grow Therapy, Hex, and Chapter. The about box also identifies Desai as co-founder of Bamboo Health. File the $9 million, the seed label, and those named firms and angels as Ferry Health’s. This desk is not inventing a valuation, an ownership split, or a check size. None was printed.

Product, still company: Ferry’s AI agents make the phone calls that patients usually make. The company says Ferry identifies in-network providers — doctors covered by the patient’s insurance plan — calls to validate location details, subspecialty fit, and availability, and books the appointment. Patients message Ferry and get scheduled with the provider they choose, without picking up the phone. File that find / call / book picture as Ferry Health’s. This desk did not watch an agent place a call. Do not file this as a diagnosis tool, and do not say Ferry replaces doctors.

Access, company: through partnerships with health systems, insurers, and care-navigation platforms, Ferry says it helps patients find and schedule care across all specialties and in all 50 U.S. states. Today, more than one million patients have access to Ferry through those partnerships. The company expects that number to grow at least fivefold by year’s end — the about box writes that as more than five million. File the one-million access line and the fivefold / five-million expectation as Ferry Health’s. Access here means the company says those patients can use Ferry through a partner, not that this desk counted booked visits. This desk did not audit partner contracts or appointment logs.

Early-access use, still company: patients are already using Ferry for more than finding appointments, including coordinating imaging and home health. The company plans to expand the Ferry agent to manage more of the patient’s journey in the coming months. File that imaging / home-health / journey-expansion picture as Ferry Health’s. This desk did not watch an imaging booking.

Founders, company: Mehul Mehta, CEO and cofounder; his brother Keyur Mehta; and Andrew Buie. The company says it started in early 2024 after Mehta’s family dealt with his dad’s care after a hospitalization — finding specialists, understanding costs, and dealing with insurance. File the three names, the CEO title, and the early-2024 start as Ferry Health’s. Mehta’s other quotes are color only and stay in Sources.

Named investor voice on the release: Vineeta Agarwala, MD, PhD, general partner at a16z and an early Ferry investor. She says what was still missing was an action layer — a reliable agent that gets a person from health insights to real-world, insurance-covered care. File the name, title, and that action-layer / insurance-covered-care line as hers, via Ferry Health. Her other quotes are color only and stay in Sources.

Plain English for the rest of the card: seed = an early venture round, usually the first priced institutional money. in-network = a provider the patient’s insurance plan covers. agentic AI here = software that places real calls and books, not just chat answers. care-navigation platform = a company that helps patients find and reach the next visit. imaging = scans such as X-ray, CT, or MRI. home health = care delivered at the patient’s home. stealth = the company was operating before this public launch announce.

PRIMARY here: Ferry Health’s 16 Sep 2026 PR Newswire company release — Tier A PRIMARY company source, the original record. The ferry.health company home is product-home context, not a second originating newsroom. The stealth-exit launch, the $9 million seed and named investors, the find / call / book product, the more-than-one-million access / all-50-states / fivefold-by-year-end picture, the imaging and home-health early-access line, the Mehta / Mehta / Buie founding and early-2024 start, and the Agarwala action-layer line are company-attributed. Patient-access counts and the fivefold expectation stay company-attributed — not independently audited here. NOT claimed: a valuation, per-appointment prices, independently verified booking or accuracy rates, clinical outcomes, that Ferry diagnoses disease or replaces doctors, that this desk messaged Ferry or sat on a hold line, a stock tip, or investment advice. Distinct from the already-filed kells-ai-dental-scan-hsa, ge-careintellect-operations, hello-patient-acquires-converse, and nara-health-14m.