Shen AI
Founded 2021 · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Shen AI provides camera-based, contactless health monitoring that uses remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) and AI to measure 30+ health markers—including blood pressure, heart rate, HRV, and BMI—through a face scan in about 30 seconds. It offers an SDK with on-device edge processing and FHIR API integration for healthcare, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, corporate wellness, fitness, and insurance providers.
Also known as MX Labs · Shen.AI
Investors · 7
Also in the syndicate · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Shen AI develops camera-based, contactless health screening technology. Using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) together with remote ballistocardiography (rBCG) and computer-vision models, it analyses subtle changes in facial blood flow, skin colour and micro-movements captured by a standard smartphone camera or webcam, and derives more than 30 health markers — including blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, breathing rate and BMI — from a scan of about 30 seconds. First readings, heart rate and BMI, are stated to appear within roughly five seconds, with the remaining indices at 30 seconds. Outputs are grouped into vital signs, health indices and health risk indicators.
The product is delivered as a customizable SDK that integrates with web and mobile applications, including support for frameworks such as Flutter and React Native, plus an Admin Portal for managing integrations and a FHIR API for connecting measurement data to existing healthcare, EHR or insurance systems. Video is processed entirely on the user's device via edge computing, with no cloud dependency and no user information required, which the company frames as privacy by design. The company states the technology is designed to work across the full Fitzpatrick skin type scale (I–VI), with any camera and in poor lighting conditions.
Shen AI states it holds ANVISA certification and the CE mark for 60-second measurement of heart rate, HRV, breathing rate and blood pressure, while also noting on its homepage that the product is undergoing conformity assessment under EU Regulation 2017/745 (Medical Device Regulation).
Founding story
SMOK Ventures describes Shen AI as founded by Remi Kościelny and Przemek Jaworski, both serial entrepreneurs. Kościelny co-founded the CEE mobile game studio Vivid Games and took it public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange before leaving; Jaworski had been involved in several startups, including the 3D printing hardware company ZMorph, where he raised roughly $3M in venture funding. The pair set out to build a video-based diagnostic platform after concluding that smartphone cameras, as sensitive light sensors paired with powerful processors, could capture physiological detail invisible to the naked eye, aiming to turn mobile phones into low-cost diagnostic tools in the face of expensive instruments and overloaded healthcare systems.
Business model
B2B technology licensing: Shen AI supplies its face-scan measurement capability as an SDK that partner companies embed in their own apps, platforms, smart mirrors and kiosks, with an Admin Portal and FHIR API for integration into customer systems and white-labelled UI customization and localization.
Traction
The company states its technology is used successfully by companies in more than 40 countries and lists health and insurance customers under a "trusted by" banner. It cites award recognition including Leading Polish Startup of 2025, a Top 100 Ideas from Around the World listing and Top 10 Health Solutions and Top 10 Tech Start-ups placements in 2022.
Latest developments
The company is promoting live webinars on certified face-scan monitoring of blood pressure, heart rate, HRV and breathing rate, and an online event scheduled for 24 February on what an FDA 2026 update means for digital health. Its homepage notes the product is undergoing conformity assessment under EU Regulation 2017/745, and the company says it ships new SDK versions every few weeks.
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Market position
A remote photoplethysmography-based vital-signs vendor selling into health and insurance sectors, stating deployments with companies in more than 40 countries and recognition in several startup and health-innovation award programmes.
The company positions on clinical validation and medical-device certification claims (ANVISA, CE mark), accuracy stated as comparable to cuff-based blood pressure monitors and under 0.5 bpm error for heart rate, reliability across all Fitzpatrick skin tones and in poor lighting, hardware-free operation with any camera, fully on-device processing for privacy, and a fully customizable SDK.
Technology
A Multimodal Sensing Engine combines remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) with neural analysis of multiple light wavelengths, and remote ballistocardiography (rBCG), applied to real-time camera video. The pipeline detects and stabilises the facial video image, builds a 3D model of the face, tracks blood pulsation in skin vasculature and analyses skin texture and colour maps, feeding an AI diagnostic engine. Models are described as trained on a dataset covering 2,000,000 individuals and over 7 million data points. Processing runs fully on-device (edge computing) rather than in the cloud, and new versions are released every few weeks.
Go-to-market
Partner and developer-led distribution through an SDK with documentation and an Admin Portal, supported by a self-service "scan yourself" demo funnel, live webinars and online events, and use-case positioning by vertical (insurance, telehealth, mobile health, corporate wellness, innovation).
Health and insurance organisations, including telehealth and remote patient monitoring providers, mobile health app publishers, corporate wellness programmes, fitness businesses and insurers; deployments span smartphones, smart mirrors and kiosks.
Geography
The company states it works with companies in over 40 countries. Its investor base spans Finland (Superhero Capital), the Czech Republic (Tilia Impact Ventures), Poland (Simpact, SMOK Ventures), Singapore (Verge HealthTech Fund) and other regions; SMOK Ventures describes it as a CEE startup and it was named a leading Polish startup in 2025.
History
SMOK Ventures announced a pre-seed investment in the company in April 2021, completed alongside Verge HealthTech Fund, Aaron Patzer, and Pipedrive co-founders Ragnar Sass and Martin Tajur. The company subsequently accumulated award recognition in 2022, 2023 and 2025, and its published investor list also includes Superhero Capital, Tilia Impact Ventures, Simpact and Cocoon Ventures. The product moved from concept to a certified-device positioning, with ANVISA certification and a CE mark cited for 60-second measurement of heart rate, HRV, breathing rate and blood pressure.
Risks & controversies
Regulatory status is mixed across the company's own materials: while ANVISA certification and a CE mark are claimed for a 60-second measurement set, the homepage marks vital signs, health indices and health risks with a note that the product is undergoing conformity assessment under EU Regulation 2017/745. Accuracy, dataset size and engagement claims (such as a 350% retention increase) are company-stated and not independently verified in the available material.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsCompany states it holds ANVISA certification and the CE mark for delivering 60-second measurements of heart rate, HRV, breathing rate and blood pressure, while the homepage notes the product is undergoing conformity assessment under EU Regulation 2017/745 (MDR).
SMOK Ventures published its investment rationale for Shen AI, completing the pre-seed round with Singapore-based Verge HealthTech Fund (Joseph Mocanu), entrepreneur Aaron Patzer, and Pipedrive co-founders Ragnar Sass and Martin Tajur.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Shen AI do?
- Shen AI turns a phone or webcam into a contactless health check, reading 30+ markers from a 30-second face scan.
- Who are Shen AI's investors?
- Shen AI's investors include Superhero Capital, Verge HealthTech Fund, SMOK Ventures, Tilia Impact Partners.