Abridge raises $12.5M for AI-backed medical scribe

AI-enabled medical documentation startup Abridge announced Thursday it had scooped up $12.5 million in Series A-1 funding. The round was led by Wittington Ventures with participation from existing investors including Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Pillar Venture Capital and UPMC Enterprises. New investors Canadian computer scientist and AI expert Yoshua Bengio and Whistler Capital also joined the raise. Abridge said the latest round brings the company's funding pot to $27 million. The startup offers an AI tool that records and transcribes conversations between providers and patients.