A Doctor’s Husband Built an AI to Save Her Now 17000 Physicians Swear By It

Dr. Gabi Meckler never planned to start a company. As a family physician in Northern California, she was too busy juggling patient care and an overwhelming documentation workload. Like most doctors, she found herself spending late nights and weekends finishing notes, charting, and paperwork time she wished she could spend with her family. Her husband, Erez Druk, a former Facebook engineer and serial entrepreneur, watched her struggle and wanted to help.

“One day, I asked Gabi, ‘What should we build for you?’ And she said, ‘Do my notes for me.’”

That simple request led to Freed AI, an AI-powered clinical scribe designed to eliminate the burden of medical documentation. What started as a personal project quickly grew into one of the fastest-growing health-tech startups. Today, Freed is used by over 17,000 clinicians across 2 million patient visits each month—and the company just secured $30 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital, a rare achievement for an early-stage startup in the AI medical scribing space.

Clinician burnout has reached crisis levels, with 50% of doctors experiencing symptoms of exhaustion, and studies showing that clinicians spend up to 19 hours a week on administrative tasks time that takes away from patient care and personal well-being. Freed is designed to give that time back. Unlike other AI scribes that focus on hospital systems, Freed has gained traction among small and independent practices, where doctors often lack access to enterprise AI solutions.