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AidRx
Techstars '25Calgary, CA · Founded 2023 · 6 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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AidRx embeds an AI and clinical-pharmacist workflow into clinics to manage patient medications between visits, handling refill requests, medication questions, and follow-up through the clinic's existing phone, SMS, and care outreach channels. It logs clinical decisions to the clinic's EHR and bills under value-based care codes, aiming to help clinics support patients and generate revenue without adding staff.
Also known as AidRx
Founders & leadership
AidRx was founded in 2023 by Cindy Zhao.
Investors · 1
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeedJul 2024Source ↗
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026AidRx operates a marketplace and software platform that connects community pharmacies, outpatient physician practices and Accountable Care Organizations with remote clinical pharmacists. The company describes the model as an "Upwork for clinical pharmacies": clinics upload information about patients needing specific interventions — such as medication optimization, chronic disease follow-up, or travel health consults — and pharmacists on the platform log in and are matched to cases that fit their clinical expertise, completing the work without having to juggle multiple systems or credentials.
Alongside the marketplace, AidRx is building remote-work infrastructure and a remote EMR platform for pharmacists that can handle clinical and administrative workloads for pharmacy owners, allowing a single pharmacist to perform tasks for multiple pharmacy stores. The stated aim is to give clinics flexible access to specialized pharmacist support without the overhead of a full-time hire, and to let pharmacists practice at the top of their license remotely.
Founding story
Co-founder Tony Lee worked as a retail pharmacist and observed colleagues who were burnt out, constrained by long retail hours and confined to dispensing rather than the clinical work they were trained for, with few remote or flexible options available. That experience formed the basis for a business plan developed at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where Lee co-founded AidRx with Cindy (Xin) Zhao (MBA 24) and Ike Ma (MBA 26). Lee, who completed the Haas Evening & Weekend MBA Program in May 2025, credited Berkeley Haas mentors including Rhonda Shrader, Dawn McGee and professional faculty member Kurt Beyer with helping validate the idea.
Business model
AidRx acts as an intermediary platform matching pharmacies, primary care clinics and ACOs that need pharmacist interventions with remote clinical pharmacists who take on cases through AidRx's tooling, creating a gig-economy structure for pharmacist labor rather than full-time hiring by each provider.
Traction
Through the Techstars Baltimore program, AidRx signed two customers — a cardiology practice and a urology practice — as of April 2025. Company size is listed as 1–10 employees.
Latest developments
AidRx was named to the Techstars AI Health Baltimore Spring 2025 class announced on March 10, 2025; the three-month program began April 1, 2025 and culminated in Demo Day on June 5, 2025 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, where the company pitched investors.
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Market position
AidRx positions itself against the shortage of healthcare workers and the shift of primary care clinics and ACOs toward outcome-based payment models, noting that few providers can afford full-time pharmacists despite reported benefits such as improved medication use, earlier diagnosis and fewer hospital admissions. It was one of the startups selected for the Techstars AI Health Baltimore Spring 2025 cohort, powered by Johns Hopkins University and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
Technology
The platform provides remote-work infrastructure and a remote EMR for pharmacists capable of handling clinical and administrative pharmacy workloads, plus a matching layer that pairs pharmacist specialties with the specific intervention needs submitted by providers, so pharmacists avoid working across multiple systems and credentialing setups.
Go-to-market
The company is building traction in Maryland and California, where insurance regulations allow pharmacists to be registered as health care providers. Participation in Techstars AI Health Baltimore provided warm introductions to clinicians in the U.S. market, and the company pitched investors at Techstars Demo Day on June 5, 2025.
Community pharmacies and pharmacy owners, outpatient physician practices, primary care clinics and Accountable Care Organizations; on the supply side, licensed pharmacists seeking remote and flexible clinical work. Early signed customers include a cardiology practice and a urology practice.
Geography
Listed locations include Baltimore, Maryland (Gay Street); Calgary, Alberta; and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Commercial focus is on the U.S. states of Maryland and California.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAidRx reported signing two customers, a cardiology practice and a urology practice, through the Techstars Baltimore accelerator.
AidRx (Calgary, AB) was named among the startups in the Spring 2025 class of Techstars AI Health Baltimore, powered by Johns Hopkins University and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. The three-month mentorship program began April 1, 2025, with Demo Day scheduled for June 5, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AidRx do?
- AidRx is a clinical pharmacy marketplace connecting pharmacies, clinics and ACOs with remote pharmacists via its own EMR tools.
- Who founded AidRx?
- AidRx was founded by Cindy Zhao in 2023.
- Who are AidRx's investors?
- AidRx's investors include Techstars.
- Where is AidRx headquartered?
- AidRx is headquartered in Calgary, CA.