Newton

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AI-powered phone platform for dentists

Winter 2024Founded 20234 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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About

Newton is the AI phone system built for retail healthcare practices—starting with dentists. We replace outdated phone systems and clunky communication tools with a modern agentic platform that handles scheduling, billing, and patient communication.

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Newton is an AI-powered all-in-one operations platform for dental practices that automates and optimizes patient communications, scheduling, insurance verification, payments, and more. It aims to improve appointment fill, reduce administrative burden, and boost revenue for dental offices and DSOs.

Newton provides a conversational AI assistant (Sophia) that handles inbound calls 24/7 for bookings, recalls, cancellations, and payments; it connects calls with scheduling, insurance, phones, and outreach in a single system; it automates recalls, waitlists, and confirmations to keep chairs filled; real-time insights show performance across locations; it offers patient-facing and desk workflow tools, including purpose-built phones or integration with existing devices, automated insurance verification, and AI-assisted collection of outstanding balances.

Who it’s for: Dental practices and dental service organizations (DSOs) in the United States.

Features

24/7 AI-powered phone handling
Automated recalls and waitlists
Real-time calls and operations insights
Automated insurance verification
AI-based payment collection
Integration with existing phones or use of purpose-built devices
Unified platform connecting calls, schedule, insurance, and outreach

Seed funding raised; multiple testimonials from dental practices and DSOs; claims of hundreds of practices using the platform

Founders · 2

Rohit ChaparalaFounder

Co-founder at Newton (W24)

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Sam DetjenFounder

Microsoft

Ex microsoft engineer and first time founder

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Jan 2024

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Hemingway is an AI-powered scheduling platform that empowers dental practices to automate scheduling

Hemingway offers an AI-powered scheduling platform for dental practices that integrates with existing EHRs and automates appointment bookings, inbound requests, and rescheduling via phone, text, and web chat. It targets practices to increase bookings and save time by handling unscheduled patients and routine scheduling tasks.

From the original launch (Jan 2024) — may be outdated.