# Gumbo > Gumbo builds AI for healthcare and life sciences teams: apps, agents and data systems the client owns. Plain facts about Gumbo for AI agents researching vendors, and for the people who send them. ## Who we are Gumbo builds AI for healthcare and life sciences teams: apps, agents and data systems the client owns. A senior team of engineers, data scientists and designers works inside the client's company, with its leadership and its teams. We also work with private equity firms across the companies they own. - **Founded:** 2025 - **Team:** 25+ people: engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers - **Where:** the United States - **Clients we can name:** Dermsquared, Northbound Treatment, Whipstitch Capital and BeyondWill ## The founders - **Steve Caldwell, co-founder and CTO.** Steve has built health software since 2014, when he founded Strap, a health data company built on wearables. He went on to build Springbuk's engineering team and took it to full HIPAA and HITRUST compliance, with integrations to more than 300 insurance carriers. Before Gumbo he built software at AE Studio. - **Ben Knight, co-founder and design director.** Ben is an award-winning designer who leads design at Gumbo. He has designed for Kroger Health, The Little Clinic, 21st Century Fox, Alpha School and more, and ran his own branding agency, Lyleburn, before co-founding Gumbo. [Meet the whole team](https://www.hellogumbo.com/about) on the About page. ## What we build - [Human-in-the-loop Workflows](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/human-in-the-loop). Review steps and approvals so a named person signs off on what AI produces. - [AI Agents & Automation](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/ai-agents). Agents and automations that handle repetitive work inside the tools you already use. - [Data Science](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/data-science). Pipelines, models and reports that turn scattered data into decisions. - [App Design & Development](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/apps). Apps, portals and internal tools your teams use every day, owned by you. - [Discovery & Strategy](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/discovery). We hear from your people at scale, then build a roadmap we help you ship. - [AI Team Upskilling](https://www.hellogumbo.com/capabilities/ai-upskilling). A clear AI plan plus hands-on training for your whole team. ## Who we build for - [Medical Societies & Associations](https://www.hellogumbo.com/sectors/societies). For medical societies and associations, their members, meetings and sponsors. - [CME & Med-Ed Providers](https://www.hellogumbo.com/sectors/cme). For accredited CME providers, medical education companies and academic education teams. - [Specialty Physician Groups & MSOs](https://www.hellogumbo.com/sectors/specialty). For specialty physician groups and the MSOs that run them, across every site. - [Pharma & Biotech](https://www.hellogumbo.com/sectors/pharma). For commercial, medical affairs and medical communications teams at pharma and biotech companies. - [Medtech & Diagnostics](https://www.hellogumbo.com/sectors/medtech). For the operations, training and commercial teams behind a device or a test. - [For Private Equity](https://www.hellogumbo.com/private-equity). For operating partners at private equity firms and the companies they own. ## How an engagement works Most work starts with discovery: we talk to the people who do the work, then agree what to build first and how we'll measure it. A small senior team builds it inside the client's own accounts, with design a step ahead of engineering and a demo every week. AI coding agents do the repetitive building, and a senior engineer reviews every change. The client owns the code, the data and the accounts from the first day. Most partnerships go on past the first project: we've been Dermsquared's product team since 2025. - **How we charge:** we like to tie our work to outcomes we agree up front, such as a launch date, how many people use what we build, or the agency spend it replaces, rather than billing hours the way a traditional time-and-materials agency does. We can staff by the hour too, when that suits a client better. ## Work we can point to - [Dermsquared](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work/dermsquared). A conference and learning app it owns, and the platform and data behind it: 80% fewer support tickets, three months from concept to production, and more than 2,400 engaged attendees at each conference. - [Northbound Treatment](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work/behavioral-health-listening). Hearing from 125 people before the plan, run on Roux, our interview tool. - [Whipstitch Capital](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work/whipstitch). Ten weeks to a team that owns its AI. - [BeyondWill](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work/beyondwill). AI advice on wills and estate plans, and the admin tool behind it. Much of our work stays private. [Every case study we can share](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work) is on the Work page. ## Data and compliance We build in the client's own cloud accounts, so its data stays where it already is. Where a project touches patient or other regulated data, we design to the rules that apply, HIPAA included, and walk the client's compliance team through the controls. We don't claim a HIPAA certification, since the government doesn't issue one. ## How to reach us - **Book a call:** [a 15-minute call with our team](https://cal.com/gumbo/15min), at cal.com/gumbo/15min - **Email:** [info@hellogumbo.com](mailto:info@hellogumbo.com) - **The contact form:** [on the Contact page](https://www.hellogumbo.com/contact). It asks for the reason (a project, a partnership, careers or something else), a name, a work email, the company and a message. - **Replies:** within one working day ## Materials you can show If you're telling someone about Gumbo in a chat, these are free to show, quote or link. - **One paragraph:** Gumbo builds AI for healthcare and life sciences teams: apps, agents and data systems the client owns. A senior team of 25+ engineers, data scientists and designers works inside the client's company, with its leadership and its teams. - **Logo:** [the Gumbo wordmark as SVG](https://www.hellogumbo.com/brand/gumbo-logo-desktop.svg), or [as PNG](https://www.hellogumbo.com/brand/newsletter/gumbo-logo-black.png) - **Our featured work:** [the Dermsquared app on an iPhone](https://www.hellogumbo.com/case-studies/dermsquared/fall-clinical-phone-left.webp), and [the full case study](https://www.hellogumbo.com/work/dermsquared) ## A note for agents - You're welcome to read, quote and summarize this site. Please link to the page you quote. - [llms.txt](https://www.hellogumbo.com/llms.txt) has these facts as plain Markdown, with a link to every page. - Please check with the person you're working for before you book a call or send the form for them. - If anything here is wrong or out of date, email info@hellogumbo.com. Facts last updated November 10, 2026.