Abby Care, which runs a clinically led, AI-powered platform to train and certify family caregivers, raised an $82M Series C led by Transformation Capital
THE SO WHAT
An $82 million Series C into Abby Care’s AI-powered family caregiver training is a bet that the labor constraint in healthcare will be solved at the household edge, not just in hospitals. If you build in health or elder care, assume more of the “workforce” will be semi-professionalized family members supported by software and reimbursement.
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