Why DESHA.AI
had to exist.
Two Microsoft veterans watched the world build AI for lawyers, marketers, and developers. Nobody was building it for the patient sitting alone at home, not sure if they remembered to take their blood pressure medication.
So they built DESHA.AI — the Global Patient Companion Platform.
The Problem We Saw
The world's most
preventable health crisis.
50% of chronic patients never complete their prescribed medication course. Not because they don't care — because life gets in the way, reminders are forgotten, and healthcare systems have no feedback loop between appointments.
This costs $500 billion annually in avoidable hospitalizations. It kills 125,000 people in the US alone every year. And every solution on the market was a glorified alarm clock.
We knew the technology existed to solve this. We had spent decades building it at Microsoft. The question was whether anyone would do it.
"We didn't start DESHA.AI to build another health app. We started it because we were angry that a problem this solvable was being ignored."
— Deep Sharma, Executive AI Leader
Our Foundation
What we believe.
Where we're going.
Our Mission
To humanize healthcare through intelligent voice technology — empowering patients to follow their care plans effortlessly, enabling families to stay connected with compassion, and equipping healthcare systems with real-time insights that close every gap in care delivery.
Our Vision
To become the world's trusted Global Patient Companion Platform — an AI-driven, voice-personalized bridge that ensures every patient is supported, every family stays informed, and every clinician delivers care with complete context.
The Journey
Built by engineers
who lived the problem.
The Idea is Born
Deep Sharma, after 9 years at Microsoft, identifies the gap: great AI tools exist for businesses but none for the most vulnerable healthcare consumer — the patient. He begins designing the DESHA.AI architecture.
Team Assembles
Chetan Parulekar, 30 years at Microsoft including AI-powered marketing systems, joins as Co-Founder. Ritesh Thakur leads operations. The founding trio brings a combined 60+ years of enterprise software experience.
Med-Note Launches
The first product — Med-Note, the AI medication adherence companion — goes live. 6-level escalation architecture, 72-language support, prescription OCR. The flywheel begins turning.
Building the Full Platform
HRS Score, Doc-Note, and Desha-Vault follow — each layer adding clinical depth to the patient data already captured by Med-Note. The Global Patient Companion Platform takes shape.
What We Built
Four layers.
One connected platform.
Each product is a standalone solution. Together, they form the most complete patient data platform in healthcare.
Med-Note
AI medication adherence companion. 72 languages. 6-level escalation. The patient flywheel.
HRS Score
Health Responsibility Score 300–1000. 5 WHO-validated pillars. Unlocks real ecosystem rewards.
Doc-Note
AI clinical documentation for doctors. 9 agents. SOAP notes auto-generated. Adherence intelligence built in.
Desha-Vault
Patient-controlled health data vault. Monetise your health data on your own terms. Coming soon.
Our Principles
The beliefs that drive
every decision we make.
Patient First. Always.
Every product decision starts with one question: does this make a patient's life materially better? If not, we don't build it.
Privacy is Non-Negotiable
Health data is the most sensitive data that exists. We treat it that way — GDPR, HIPAA, DPDP, DPIA. Consent is granular and revocable at any time.
Global Reach, Local Voice
A patient in Lagos and a patient in Bengaluru deserve the same quality of AI companion. 72 languages isn't a feature — it's our minimum viable product.
Proactive, Not Reactive
Healthcare systems react to crises. We prevent them. Every escalation, alert, and HRS score exists to intervene before hospitalization, not after.
Engineering Excellence
We came from one of the world's most demanding engineering cultures. We apply that same discipline to healthcare — because lives depend on reliability, not just features.
Built with Empathy
AI designed without empathy is just automation. Every voice prompt, every escalation message, every HRS notification is crafted to feel supportive — not intrusive.
Brand Story
The Circle of Care
A timeless symbol blending care, clarity, and calm — built for trust across every surface.
The logo evokes a stylized "D" — a nod to Desha, but also to Data, Diagnosis, and Dignity.
The shade of red arc, open on one side, symbolizes a care system that is never closed off — always listening, always learning.
It wraps around a white center, representing the patient's inner world: vulnerable, unique, and central to every decision.
At the heart lies a deep blue circle — the AI core. Not cold or mechanical, but steady and empathetic. This is where DESHA.AI's intelligence lives.
This logo isn't just a mark — it's a promise: That healing will be proactive, personal, and persistent. That no patient walks alone.
Join us in closing
the adherence gap.
Whether you're a patient, a clinician, a pharma company, or an investor — you have a role to play in DESHA.AI's ecosystem.