The future of visiting a doctor's office might be changing a lot.

‍What’s happening:‍

• San Francisco, California based healthcare company Forward Health has raised $100M USD in a new funding round to launch AI powered doctors offices
  
• The new product called Forward CarePods aims to offer a self directed experience that is easily accessible and leverages artificial intelligence to rapidly diagnose individuals
  

How it works:‍

• CarePods are small, purpose built physical locations that can be deployed in office buildings, malls or public spaces
  
• Once stepping inside a CarePod, there is a custom touchscreen that can be used to navigate to specific health concerns
  
• Individuals are able to do a full body scan, check their blood pressure, screen for diabetes and even check vital organs all within a CarePod
  
• While inside of a CarePod individuals can use Forward's mobile application to connect directly with a doctor to further discuss treatment plans or have specific questions answered
  

Going deeper:‍

• Forward has a number of notable backers including Kholsa Ventures, Founders Fund, Samsung Next, SoftBank, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and more
  
• Forward’s advisors include Silicon Valley legends such as Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Marc Benioff and Marissa Mayer
  

By the numbers:‍

• Forward has raised $657M USD since inception
  
• Within a year Forward plans to have 3,200 CarePods in locations all across the United States

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