About Foundation Health
We've been in pharmacy.
We know what needs fixing.
Foundation Health is an AI operating system for pharmacy — built by a team that has spent decades on the inside of healthcare, watching the same inefficiencies slow patient care again and again.
We didn't come to healthcare from the outside. We built this technology because we lived the problem firsthand — and we knew it was solvable.
Remove the friction from the patient's journey. Accelerating access to therapy.
Every day, patients abandon prescriptions because a prior authorization took too long.
Pharmacists spend hours on paperwork instead of patient care.
Prescriptions leak out of health systems because no one caught them in time.
Foundation Health exists to fix that. We automate the administrative work that slows care down, so the right patient gets the right therapy faster.
A better experience for patients starts with better tools for pharmacy teams.
Healthcare is held back by outdated, fragmented workflows. At Foundation Health, we believe thoughtfully applied AI can finally change that. We're building deep, integrated infrastructure that streamlines how care is coordinated — purpose-built for the complexity of specialty pharmacy.
A healthcare system where no patient falls through the cracks between a prescription and a filled bottle.
We're building toward a world where pharmacy teams spend their time on patients — not paperwork.
Where AI handles the routine so clinicians can focus on what only humans can do.
Why Foundation Health
We've built this before. At scale.
Our team was part of the founding team at Truepill — the world's first B2B digital pharmacy platform, powering 100+ brands, shipping 20M+ prescriptions, and serving 2M+ patients. Since our Series A, we've expanded with leaders across AI, healthcare technology, and pharmacy operations.
This time, we're software only. No pharmacy operations to split our attention. Just technology built by people who've spent a decade learning exactly what health systems and pharma manufacturers need to make these services work.
We work with your systems, not against them
Foundation Health lives inside Epic, Cerner, and major EHR systems via HL7/FHIR and your existing dispensing systems, not alongside them. And we go live in weeks, not quarters, with minimal IT lift from your team.
Purpose-built by pharmacists, for pharmacy workflows
We didn't adapt a general AI tool to fit pharmacy. We designed everything from the ground up for how pharmacists and pharmacy technicians actually work.
Pharmacists stay in control
Every automated workflow has pharmacist review at the right moment. AI handles the volume. Your team handles the judgment calls.
Enterprise-grade from day one
SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant. Built for the security and compliance requirements of large health systems and pharma manufacturers.
The Team
The people behind the platform.
Our leadership team has spent careers building, operating, and scaling healthcare technology. They came together to build Foundation Health because they knew it was possible to do this better.
Umar Afridi
Founder & CEO
Started his career as a pharmacist. Co-founded Truepill and pioneered pharmacy-as-a-service before building Foundation Health to fix what the industry still gets wrong.
Shakil Ahmed
Chief Operating Officer
Led Truepill's UK & European expansion. Former Accenture senior leader in global enterprise transformation. Drives Foundation Health's international growth and operational scale.
Sarah Butler
Chief Growth Officer
15+ years in healthcare consulting, sales, and operations. Former leader at Truepill, ADVI Health, and Avalere Health. Builds the relationships that bring Foundation Health to the health systems, manufacturers, and plans that need it most.
John Oh
Chief Customer Officer
Former CCO at Clarify Health Solutions, where he led customer success, implementation, and delivery across Provider, Payer, and Pharma verticals. Makes sure every client we work with sees real outcomes — not just a software rollout.
Lawrence Wisne
Vice President of Engineering
Brings engineering leadership from Google Health, DeepMind, and several venture-backed startups. Oversees Foundation Health's entire engineering organization as we build toward an AI-first future.
Our Investors
Backed by people who know healthcare.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Foundation Health is an AI operating system for pharmacy, built to automate prior authorizations, refill workflows, patient communication, and 340B compliance for health systems and pharma manufacturers.
