# Healink

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/healink/ · added 2026-11-05 · updated 2026-11-06

**In short.** Healink (AI treatment coordinator that brings dental patients back to unscheduled treatment, United States): Six paying dental practices, April 2026. Evidence grade E: no revenue figure was checked. Team: 2 sibling co-founders (CEO and CCO) named by Antler in April 2026; headcount not published. Launched April 2025; still running.

AI treatment coordinator that brings dental patients back to unscheduled treatment · United States · AI-native · team of 2 to 10 · still running · group: Clinic and practice admin

- Outcome: Six paying dental practices, April 2026 (evidence grade of the headline number: E; no revenue figure)
- Launch: April 2025; months from launch to the outcome: 12
- Team: 2 sibling co-founders (CEO and CCO) named by Antler in April 2026; headcount not published
- Outside funding: Antler portfolio company, pre-seed (amount not published)
- Main factor: Niche
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 1, copyable pattern 2, capital needed 2
- Tags: AI-native, Small team, Funded, Running, B2B, Dental software

Links:

- Visit healink.ai: https://healink.ai/

**The product.** Software for dental practices. When a dentist creates a treatment plan, Healink reads it from the practice management software (Dentrix, Open Dental or Eaglesoft) and sends the patient a text and an email with a private link. On that page the patient sees the treatment in plain language, the cost, insurance and financing, can ask an AI questions, and can request an appointment. The practice either runs the platform itself for a flat monthly fee or buys a managed option in which Healink staff do the follow-up.

**Why it worked.** Many patients leave the dental chair with a printout of procedure codes and never book the treatment that was recommended. The home page says 50 to 70% of recommended treatment is never completed. The front desk then spends hours calling and texting the same patients. Healink was started by a software engineer and her brother, a dentist, to automate that follow-up.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

Healink sells patient reactivation software to dental practices: reactivation means contacting patients whose recommended care is still unscheduled and bringing them back. It connects to the practice management software (PMS), the system a dental office uses for its schedule, charts and billing, and it gives each patient a private web page with an AI treatment coordinator, a chat assistant that explains the plan, the cost and the financing in place of a staff member.

Antler, an early-stage venture firm, listed Healink in its Spring 2026 U.S. Portfolio Showcase on 8 April 2026. Antler names two sibling co-founders by first name: Roza (CEO, a former engineering leader at Google and Meta) and Dr. Armin (CCO, a dentist and dental group operator), and reports "Six paying practices, zero churn". A Flare Capital job board lists the company as pre-seed and founded in 2025, and an Internet Archive copy of April 2025 shows an early-access sign-up page.

No revenue figure was found, so this story is grade E. Antler's post also gives a sales pipeline and customer results, which are not Healink's revenue. The company is Healink, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, and it does not publish its prices.

## Pricing

Healink prices read on 6 November 2026 from the company's home page (grade C): no list price is published

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healink Platform | on request | on request | AI patient portal and reactivation, dashboard, coordinator tools; "Flat monthly fee" |
| Healink Managed | on request | on request | a virtual treatment coordinator from Healink; "Pay based on outcomes" |

The FAQ says: "Pricing depends on the size of your practice and which model you choose, a monthly subscription for the platform, or an outcome-based managed service. Book a demo and we'll tailor it". The home page links to "See full pricing", but healink.ai/pricing.html answered 404 and the sitemap lists no pricing page.

## How much revenue does Healink make? The numbers, graded

A two-founder dental software company that Antler reported with six paying practices in April 2026, about a year after its first early-access page

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paying customers, April 2026 | 6 dental practices, zero churn | D | Antler's showcase post of 8 April 2026: "Six paying practices, zero churn". Company-reported to its investor; Agent Jesse's August 2026 list repeats the same figures and is not a second source. | [1, 7] |
| Sales pipeline reported with it | 150 practices | D | Same Antler post, which says the pipeline represents "~$1M ARR potential". A pipeline is possible future sales, not revenue. | [1] |
| Founders | Roza (CEO) and Dr. Armin (CCO), siblings | D | Antler: "Sibling co-founders: Roza (CEO, 14-year engineering leader at Google and Meta, YouTube) and Dr. Armin (CCO, dentist and dental group operator)". First names only. | [1] |
| Founded | 2025 | C | Flare Capital Partners job board: "Pre Seed", "founded in 2025". A November 2024 archive copy of the domain is only a parking redirect. | [5, 6] |
| First product page | "Get Early Access", April 2025 | C | Internet Archive copy of 16 April 2025: "The AI Agent for Your Patients", "Created by Dentists, for Dentists", with an email sign-up. | [6] |
| Months from the early-access page to the April 2026 count | 12 | calc | Calculated: April 2025 to April 2026. | [6, 1] |
| Funding | Antler portfolio company, pre-seed; amount not published | D | Antler presents "the latest companies to join our portfolio" and says it supports them "After investing". Flare's listing gives the stage as pre-seed. | [1, 5] |
| Company | Healink, Inc., Brooklyn, New York | C | Privacy policy (last updated June 2026) and the site footer. | [4, 3] |
| Integrations | Dentrix Ascend, Dentrix Enterprise, Open Dental, Eaglesoft | C | Home page: "Official Henry Schein One API partner" and "Official Open Dental vendor". | [2] |
| Prices | not published | C | FAQ: a monthly subscription or an outcome-based managed service, quoted after a demo. | [2] |
| Named customer result | treatment acceptance 45% to 68% at Plaza Dental Arts | C | Healink's own case study of a practice in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. A customer outcome stated by Healink, not its revenue. | [3] |

How to read this table: grade D is a single report that no second source confirms. Grade C is the company's own pages or a directory listing. A "calc" value was computed on this page. No value is grade A or B, and no revenue figure exists.

## When did Healink launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From a parked domain in 2024 to an Antler portfolio company with six paying practices in 2026. Each entry carries its grade.

- **November 2024** (grade C [6]): healink.ai is a parked domain: the archived page only redirects to a "lander" page.
- **April 2025** (grade C [6]): healink.ai shows "The AI Agent for Your Patients" with an early-access email sign-up, "Created by Dentists, for Dentists".
- **8 April 2026** (grade D [1]): Antler lists Healink in its Spring 2026 U.S. Portfolio Showcase with six paying practices, zero churn and a pipeline of 150 practices.
- **June 2026** (grade C [4]): Healink, Inc. publishes a privacy policy that covers its patient portals, AI features and SMS terms.
- **November 2026** (grade C [2, 3]): The site sells "AI Treatment Coordination for Dental Practices" with PMS integrations, a self-serve platform and a managed option, and prices on request.

## Why did Healink work?

### Niche: one step of one kind of practice

Healink does not try to be a full dental front office. It works only on the gap between a diagnosed treatment plan and a booked appointment, and it reads the plan from the PMS so that the front desk adds no work.

### Explain the plan, then ask for the booking

The patient page combines a plain-language summary, the cost with insurance and financing, an AI that answers questions and an appointment request button. The home page's own example: a patient asks why a crown is needed instead of a filling, and whether the cost can be paid over a few months.

### Founder-market fit

Antler describes one co-founder as a software engineering leader and the other as a dentist who operates a dental group. The site repeats "Built by dentists" as a selling point.

## How it was built

Healink has published little about how it is built. These points come from its own pages (grade C).

- Official integrations with Henry Schein One (Dentrix) and Open Dental, plus Eaglesoft, which pull treatment plans automatically.
- Patients log in with their email and date of birth; there is no app and no account to create.
- Text and email follow-ups that pause automatically when a patient books, according to the case study.
- The privacy policy says the AI features "generate summaries, educational content, treatment-related communications" and may use data to "Improve AI Feature accuracy and effectiveness".
- The pages read do not name the AI models or providers behind the coordinator.

Sources: [2, 3, 4]

## Who tried this before Healink, and why did they fail?

Three companies in our database of failed startups tried to sell software or services around patients and providers and failed. The values below are from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### SmileDirectClub (2014 to 2023; funding US$900M; cause: Legal/Regulatory)

- Promise: Clear aligners sold directly to consumers, with remote monitoring instead of orthodontist visits.
- Why it died: It went around dentists and orthodontists, faced lawsuits and state dental board investigations, and lost money on each customer.
- Record: 

### Caelum Health (2017 to 2020; funding US$7M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: Digital programs with AI insights, sold through healthcare providers, to help patients manage chronic conditions.
- Why it died: It could not stand apart from larger rivals, and integration with healthcare providers was costly.
- Record: 

### Weidong Cloud (2012 to 2024; funding US$300M; cause: No Market Need)

- Promise: Software for Chinese hospitals and doctors, from medical education to hospital systems and appointment booking.
- Why it died: It sold to hospitals, doctors, drug companies and patients at once and never settled who the customer was.
- Record: 

## What changed

SmileDirectClub went around the dentist, and Weidong Cloud tried to serve every party in healthcare at once. Healink does the opposite: it sells to the dental practice, helps it close the treatment it has already diagnosed, and leaves the clinical decision with the dentist.

What makes this possible for a small team is the language model behind the patient chat, which can answer each patient's questions at any hour without a treatment coordinator on staff, and official PMS integrations, which remove data entry. The cost that hurt Caelum Health, integration with providers, is the part Healink had to solve first.

## Can one person copy Healink now?

**Verdict: The software, yes. The integrations and trust, slowly.**

One engineer can build a patient page with a plan summary, a chat model and a booking request. The hard parts are official access to the dental PMS vendors, HIPAA compliance for protected health information, and the trust of dentists, which Healink gets from a co-founder who is a practising dentist.

1. Pick one practice type where diagnosed care often goes unscheduled (dental, vision, physical therapy).
2. Apply for the vendor programs of the main practice management systems and read treatment plans from them.
3. Send each patient a private link with a plain-language summary, the cost and a booking request, and let a language model answer questions from the plan.
4. Measure treatment acceptance before and after at a few practices, and sell with those case studies.

**What is still open.** Other specialties with expensive, elective treatment plans, and markets outside the United States with different practice software.

## What could go wrong for Healink?

- **What is not verified.** No revenue figure was found. The count of six paying practices with zero churn rests on one source: Antler's showcase post of 8 April 2026, in which Antler, an investor, reported the company's figures; Agent Jesse's August 2026 list repeats the same figures and adds nothing. The same post gives a pipeline that it says represents "~$1M ARR potential" and says practices unlock "$15K+ in additional monthly revenue"; both are Antler's statements of possible sales and customer results, not Healink's revenue. A reader could look for a funding announcement, a founder interview with dated revenue, or a verified revenue profile.
- **AI answers to patients about treatment.** The patient chat explains the dentist's treatment plan. The home page's sample answer says a crown "helps you avoid pain or a fracture later". The privacy policy says the AI features generate "educational content" and "treatment-related communications". The pages read do not say how the answers are checked by the practice, and they show no medical-advice disclaimer in the patient flow. The product presents the coordinator as an AI ("ask the AI anything"); the pages do not say whether the follow-up texts and emails say that they are automated.
- **Managed option with human staff.** Besides the software, Healink sells "Healink Managed": "A real human in the loop, working your patients and booking them", paid on treatment scheduled and completed. The home page heading is "Self-serve, or fully done-for-you". The sources do not say how many customers use each option.
- **Testimonials and logos.** The home page quotes two named dentists at named practices and one patient as "Ben R.". The "Trusted by modern dental practices" logos link to the practices' own websites. The case study figures (45% to 68% acceptance, 15% more production) are Healink's own statements.
- **Competition.** On this site, 10x sells AI recall calls and texts to dental practices and Patientdesk.ai an AI front office for dental practices; Healink works on one later step, the unscheduled treatment plan, with a patient page rather than calls.
- **Dependence on model providers.** The privacy policy describes AI, machine learning and natural language processing features, but none of the downloaded pages name the model or provider behind them. Because patient data is protected health information, a change in a provider's prices, terms or HIPAA arrangements would affect Healink directly; the sources do not show how much.

## Sources

1. Antler, 8 April 2026: Announcing the Spring 2026 U.S. Portfolio Showcase (Bob Rosin, Managing Partner, US) — https://www.antler.co/blog/announcing-the-spring-2026-u-s-portfolio-showcase (grade D). Read the Healink entry and the introduction (copy downloaded by the pipeline on 5 November 2026, robots.txt and its 10-second crawl delay respected). Investor's post with company-reported figures; source for the customer count, pipeline, founders and portfolio status.
2. Healink home page, read 6 November 2026 — https://healink.ai/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the product, the integrations, the two plans, the FAQ on prices and the testimonials.
3. Healink case study: How Plaza Dental Arts lifted treatment acceptance from 45% to 68% — https://healink.ai/case-study.html (grade C). Read in full. The company's own account of a named customer.
4. Healink privacy policy, last updated June 2026 — https://healink.ai/privacy-policy.html (grade C). Read the sections on AI features, consumer health data and SMS terms. Source for the company name and the description of the AI features.
5. Flare Capital Partners job board: Healink — https://careers.flarecapital.com/companies/healink (grade C). Read in full (robots.txt allows all agents). Directory listing; source for the founding year and the pre-seed stage.
6. healink.ai, Internet Archive copies of 10 November 2024 and 16 April 2025 — https://web.archive.org/web/20250416051717/https://healink.ai/ (grade C). Read both copies. The 2024 copy is a parking redirect; the 2025 copy is an early-access sign-up page.
7. Agent Jesse, August 2026: Antler 2026 Cohorts, 40 Companies Across Regional Programs — https://agentjesse.ai/lists/antler-2026-cohort-companies (grade D). Read the Healink entries (copy downloaded by the pipeline on 5 November 2026). Repeats Antler's figures; not an independent source.
8. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Local export. AI-written summaries, not independently verified. Source for the failed predecessors.

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