Nikhil Buduma 
Ambience Healthcare 

Nikhil Buduma 

Ambience Healthcare , Co-founder & CEO

Nikhil Buduma is Co-Founder and CEO of Ambience Healthcare, the leading platform for AI-enabled care delivery. Today, Ambience's AI platform spans outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings across more than 200 specialties — embedded directly in major EHRs and trusted by leading health systems including Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Houston Methodist, and Memorial Hermann Health System. Ambience has raised $343M and is backed by Oak HC/FT, Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI Startup Fund, and Kleiner Perkins. Beyond Ambience, Nikhil is one of the early pioneers of modern deep learning research and the author of Fundamentals of Deep Learning (O'Reilly), the field's first widely adopted textbook. Previously, Nikhil co-founded Remedy Health, an AI-driven primary care platform, and has been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of its Rising Stars: 100 Healthcare Leaders Under 40

October 17, 2026

On the agenda

  • AI and the New Age of Discovery

    11:00 AMHahn Auditorium

    AI is beginning to reshape how we discover, diagnose, and deliver care. Leaders building the next generation of healthcare infrastructure explore where AI can create real clinical and scientific impact and what it takes to deploy it at scale.

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