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Andy Fanning

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Andy Fanning
CEO & Co-Founder of
Optura (2024)
About

Andy Fanning is Co-Founder and CEO of Optura.ai, the enterprise healthcare platform purpose-built to deliver ROAI (Return on AI Investment), helping payers, providers, and life sciences organizations move from scattered AI pilots to measurable, production-ready outcomes.

Before founding

Andy attended William Woods University and spent years at Cigna leading business transformation and AI strategy, rising to Vice President at Evernorth, where he developed deep expertise in healthcare operations and AI adoption.

Founder Insights

Andy co-founded Optura with Michael Hollis after witnessing firsthand the gap between AI ambition and real ROI in healthcare, pioneering the trademarked ROAI framework as a design principle, not just a metric.

Experience

Under Andy's leadership, Optura raised a $6.5M seed round co-led by Susa Ventures and Matrix Partners, followed by a $17.5M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Echo Health Ventures, bringing total funding to over $25M.

Scale & Impact

Optura's platform now hosts over $2B in healthcare AI initiatives, has tracked $120M in value at a 700% ROAI on active initiatives, and serves enterprise clients including Independence Blue Cross, Prime Therapeutics, and Ardent Health.

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Andy Fanning

Optura
Co-Founder
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Andy Fanning

Company(s)

Optura

Industry

Healthtech & Biotech

Year Founded

2024

Stage/Funding

Series A • $25M

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About

Andy Fanning is Co-Founder and CEO of Optura.ai, the enterprise healthcare platform purpose-built to deliver ROAI (Return on AI Investment), helping payers, providers, and life sciences organizations move from scattered AI pilots to measurable, production-ready outcomes.

Before founding

Andy attended William Woods University and spent years at Cigna leading business transformation and AI strategy, rising to Vice President at Evernorth, where he developed deep expertise in healthcare operations and AI adoption.

Founder Insights

Andy co-founded Optura with Michael Hollis after witnessing firsthand the gap between AI ambition and real ROI in healthcare, pioneering the trademarked ROAI framework as a design principle, not just a metric.

Experience

Under Andy's leadership, Optura raised a $6.5M seed round co-led by Susa Ventures and Matrix Partners, followed by a $17.5M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from Echo Health Ventures, bringing total funding to over $25M.

Scale & Impact

Optura's platform now hosts over $2B in healthcare AI initiatives, has tracked $120M in value at a 700% ROAI on active initiatives, and serves enterprise clients including Independence Blue Cross, Prime Therapeutics, and Ardent Health.

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