Alex Cohen (Hello Patient)
Alex Cohen is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Hello Patient, a healthcare AI company that provides conversational AI agents to handle patient calls, texts and web chat for medical practices. He previously led consumer product and growth at Carbon Health, and posts satirical content on X as @anothercohen.
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Early Career: Carbon Health
Cohen spent several years at the primary and urgent care provider Carbon Health, where he led consumer product and growth, managed patient communications and rebuilt its call center infrastructure.[1][2]
After leaving Carbon Health, Cohen set out to build Hello Patient, an AI company focused on communication between patients and healthcare practices.[3]
November 2024Hello Patient’s $6.3 Million Seed Round
In November 2024 Hello Patient, which Cohen co-founded and leads as CEO, launched with $6.3 million in seed funding; the company offers AI support agents for medical practices.[1]
The round was led by 8VC alongside Bling Capital and Max Ventures.[4]
Hello Patient’s founding team comprises CEO Cohen, CTO Nick DeRobertis, head of design Taylor Dunham and senior software engineer Rory Roccio.[5]
September 2025$22.5 Million Series A
On September 4, 2025, Hello Patient announced a $22.5 million Series A led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from investors including 8VC, Bling Capital, Max Ventures, Remus Capital and FirstLook Partners, bringing its total funding to $30.2 million. The company is based in Austin, Texas.[2][3]
As of September 2025, in under a year of operation, Hello Patient’s agents had powered more than 400,000 patient conversations, serving urgent care, ENT, behavioral health, med spa and primary care practices.[6][3]
Cohen made a launch video for the round parodying Sam AltmanSam AltmanSam Altman is an entrepreneur and investor, and the co-founder and chief executive officer of OpenAI. He previously served as president of Y Combinator and founded the location-based social service Loopt. He also helped found Tools for Humanity and Merge Labs, has invested in energy and life sciences ventures, and has driven public discussion of AI governance, employment, and wealth distribution.Open the full entry and Jony Ive. “Our immediate goal is just scaling to support the overwhelming demand we’ve had from practice groups,” he said.[3][2]
September 15, 2026Acquisition of Converse Health
On September 15, 2026, Hello Patient acquired Converse Health, an AI workflow automation company for outpatient practices, extending its agents to back-office work including referral and fax intake, chart-driven follow-up, authorization paperwork, and records and registration.[7]
Satire on X
On X, Cohen posts satirical content as @anothercohen; his profile bio describes it as “Mostly satire” and says “Hobbies include getting fired constantly.” As of September 2025 the account had more than 220,000 followers.[8][3]
His posts fictionally recount being fired by companies such as X, Meta and Wendy’s; these firings belong to his online persona and did not happen. “For whatever reason, I’ve always had a satirical, terrible sense of humor,” Cohen said.[3]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Hello Patient: Official website: https://www.hellopatient.com/ (opens in a new window).[5]
X: Public account: https://x.com/anothercohen (opens in a new window).[3]
LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-cohen/ (opens in a new window).[6]
Sources
- News 11/11/24 (opens in a new window)
- Hello Patient Secures $22.5M for Conversational AI Solution (opens in a new window)
- BREAKING: Fired by Elon, Meta, & Wendy’s, Alex Cohen Raises $22.5M Series A for Hello Patient (opens in a new window)
- Healthcare communication is broken. We raised $6.3M to fix it. (opens in a new window)
- Our Mission: Fixing Healthcare’s Administrative Burden (opens in a new window)
- We just raised $22.5M to fix healthcare's communication crisis (opens in a new window)
- Hello Patient has acquired Converse Health, and the agents now handle the paperwork too (opens in a new window)
- Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) / X (opens in a new window)