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Counsel Health Named to the 2026 New York Digital Health 100
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DH100 recognizes the companies shaping the future of healthcare innovation in NY
New York, NY (February 3, 2026) – Counsel Health announced today that it has been named to the 2026 New York Digital Health 100 (DH100), an annual recognition honoring the most innovative and high-impact digital health startups in the New York region. Published by Digital Health New York (DHNY), the DH100 is released in conjunction with the 2026 New York Healthcare Innovation Report, which analyzes key investment trends, market dynamics, and opportunities shaping the digital health ecosystem.
Now in its seventh year, the DH100 spotlights the companies driving healthcare forward through bold ideas and scalable solutions. The 2026 list includes 48 new companies addressing some of healthcare’s most complex challenges, alongside members of the DHNY Hall of Fame, which recognizes organizations whose early and lasting contributions helped build New York’s digital health ecosystem.
“By serving as the safe, modern front door to healthcare, Counsel aims to become the trusted doctor for life for millions of Americans, supporting every need across their health journey with consistent, personalized care,” said Dr. Muthu Alagappan. CEO and Founder of Counsel Health. “Being named to the 2026 Digital Health 100 reinforces our mission to multiply the world’s clinical capacity by advancing autonomous, longitudinal care and scaling access to millions of patients by year’s end.”
“The breadth and depth of companies named to this year’s DH100 reflect a clear market shift from experimentation to execution,” said Bunny Ellerin, co-founder and CEO of DHNY. “These companies are scaling solutions that improve outcomes while building enduring businesses, demonstrating how innovation at the intersection of care delivery, data, and trust is shaping the next generation of healthcare leaders.”
Over the past year, Counsel has made significant progress across its clinical, operational, and product functions. The company advanced the performance and safety of its medical AI by applying industry-leading guardrails, context-retrieval methods, and healthcare-specific evaluation frameworks, resulting in an AI system designed for real medical use and significantly safer than consumer chatbot tools.
In parallel, Counsel expanded and strengthened its medical group, now offering physician coverage in nearly all 50 states. Investments in the company’s clinician cockpit have increased physician efficiency and quality by nearly 400%, enabling sub–5-minute response times to member messages and some of the fastest access to doctors in the country. The results are compelling: a 96% issue resolution rate, 2-minute response times from physicians, and $381 annual savings per engaged member.
These capabilities are delivered through a seamless member experience that brings care into a simple chat or voice interface. Members can manage a broad range of health needs, store their health data in one place, and receive continuous, personalized support—available anytime and anywhere. This momentum led to Counsel’s $25M Series A, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and GV.
To download a copy of the 2026 New York Healthcare Innovation Report, please click here.
About Digital Health New York (DHNY)
Digital Health New York (DHNY) is a connected community of digital health leaders who share ideas, spark new directions and create success across the entire ecosystem. As an organization, DHNY seeks to increase the visibility of New York City as a leader in healthcare innovation and showcase the companies and leaders creating the future of healthcare. Its flagship event, DHNY Summit, brings together an elite group of entrepreneurs, investors, payers, providers and executives to cultivate the New York digital health community and drive impactful conversations around the current and future state of digital health. DHNY was founded in 2022 in collaboration with AlleyCorp. For more information or to join DHNY’s mailing list, please visit www.dhny.co.
DH100 Methodology
To compile the DH100, DHNY invited companies to complete an in-depth application with both quantitative and qualitative measures to get to know the company better. DHNY also used its dynamic database of digital health companies in the region to round out the consideration set. A company qualified for consideration if it maintained headquarters or employed at least 5 people in the New York region. Companies were excluded if: public or non-profit; founded before 2015; on the DH100 five or more years; had an exit. DHNY evaluated companies on a number of factors, including but not limited to: strength of application, leadership, # of employees, funding, revenue, market fit, differentiated offerings, and community engagement.
Counsel Health is the AI-native primary care company serving as the modern front door for consumers, health plans, digital health partners, employers, and health systems. Its clinically supervised model combines medical AI with in-house physicians to deliver immediate, high-quality care, resolving the majority of member needs within minutes. By replacing legacy access points like nurse triage lines and telehealth, Counsel helps partners reduce unnecessary downstream utilization, lower costs, and improve member engagement. Counsel is building the autonomous, longitudinal care model for the modern era with uncompromising safety.
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