What is Abridge?

Abridge is an AI-native healthcare company that develops clinical documentation tools for health systems. The material tracks its shift toward in-house AI models and its approach to enterprise sales without FDA clearance.

• May 2026 - Shiv Rao said about 40% of Abridge’s model outputs are generated by in-house models, with plans to increase to 60% soon by distilling and fine-tuning open-source models.
• May 2026 - Shiv Rao stated that an FDA process is not necessary to successfully sell AI tools to enterprise healthcare customers.
• May 2026 - Janie Lee or Chai Asawa said Abridge has moved customers to monthly release cycles, which is fast for health systems.
• May 2026 - Shiv Rao said Abridge does not make money selling its product, because trust is paramount in healthcare.