Ankit Ranjan is a Chief AI Officer and founder with 12 years of engineering experience building AI-first products for healthcare and climate. As founder of Sample Healthcare (YC W24) he architects custom AI copilots that let genetic counselors and pathologist assistants focus on complex cases, enabling clients like OneOncology and Ambry Genetics to dramatically increase chart review throughput. He combines deep technical roots from roles at Watershed, Retool, and Coda with domain expertise grounded in a PhD in Neurosurgical Science from Oxford and research stints at MIT and Stanford. Known for shipping end-to-end systems—from AI data ops for automated medical scribes to enterprise climate products—he blends research rigor with product-driven execution. Based in San Francisco, he recently took on a Chief AI Officer role at TELCOR, signaling a shift from founder-led scaling to broader organizational AI leadership.
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