AKASA
AKASA develops AI software for healthcare finance, helping hospitals manage revenue cycle tasks like prior authorizations and coding. Its deployments, including at Cleveland Clinic, deliver an average $3.1M in additional revenue and 4,270 quality indicators per 10,000 discharges.
The growth story
AKASA grew from 122 to 239 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $205M along the way, most recently a Series C in June 2022.
About
AKASA builds custom large language models for health systems to automate mid-cycle financial operations, including prior authorization, clinical documentation improvement, and coding. Its AI captures each hospital's clinical nuances to improve accuracy in these workflows.
The company has raised $205M, most recently a Series C in mid-2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue. It employs 239 people, with engineering making up its largest function at 36 staff.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is AKASA's largest department with 36 staff, reflecting its focus on AI model development. The company has a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting stable leadership and team continuity.
The AKASA org chart
Malinka Walaliyadde (CEO and Cofounder) leads 57 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 53 (+8% YoY), Business Development 27 (+23% YoY), Operations 21 (-5% YoY), Information Technology 11 (+22% YoY), Administrative 10 (+25% YoY), Human Resources 9 (+29% YoY).
Talent flow
AKASA recruits heavily from healthcare and tech firms, with 8 hires each from Advisory Board and Epic. Its alumni frequently move to AI and healthcare startups, with 7 joining Jorie AI and 4 each going to Turquoise and AWS.
Most common previous employers of AKASA staff: Advisory Board (8), Epic (8), Google (5), Deloitte (5), Digit (5), Counsyl (5). Former AKASA employees most often moved to Jorie AI (7), Turquoise (4), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (4), OpenAI (3), Oracle (3), Arbor Energy (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The AKASA mafia
AKASA alumni have founded 9 companies, including Readily (20 staff), Darwin (8), and Inlet (7). These span healthcare, AI, and education sectors, showing the entrepreneurial impact of its talent network.
9Sanjit Juneja, was Machine Learning Engineer until 2024Sean Adler, was Sr. ML Engineering Manager until 2023Kelsey W., was Software Engineer until 2021Justin Combs, was Sr. Manager, Marketing Technology & Operations until 2024
Paul Terry, was Business Development Associate (Enterprise Accounts) until 2022
Josh Singer, was Manager, Customer Success until 2021
James Mann, was Senior Director, Strategic Finance until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 16% direct, 58% search, 5% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at AKASA: Python (Programming Language) (53), Leadership (45), Microsoft Office (40), SQL (39), Project Management (39), Microsoft Excel (38), Data Analysis (36), Communication (36).
Where the team actually sits
AKASA people are concentrated in California, United States (35), San Francisco Bay Area (8), New York, United States (8), United States (7).
Search footprint
AKASA attracts about 1,001 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $5K a month if bought through ads. It gained 102 ranking keywords and lost 63 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.30 / 5
Frequently asked
AKASA has 239 employees as of September 2026.
AKASA has raised $205M in total, most recently a Series C round in June 2022.
AKASA was founded in 2019 by Benjamin Beadle-Ryby.
Malinka Walaliyadde (CEO and Cofounder) sits at the top of AKASA's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current AKASA staff are Advisory Board (8 people), Epic (8 people), Google (5 people).
Former AKASA employees most often move to Jorie AI (7), Turquoise (4), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (4).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at AKASA, including Readily, Darwin, Inlet.
AKASA attracts about 1,001 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $5K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among AKASA staff are Python (Programming Language), Leadership, Microsoft Office, SQL, Project Management.
AKASA staff are concentrated in California, United States (35), San Francisco Bay Area (8), New York, United States (8).
AKASA has about 53 people in Engineering, up 8% over the past year, as of September 2026.
AKASA has about 27 people in Business Development, up 23% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 123 current and 256 former AKASA profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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