January 2025 → May 2025
Founding AI Engineer
Won $20,000 in seed funding and shipped vocal-disorder detection to 500+ beta users
- company
- VOCA Health
- period
- January 2025 → May 2025
- tools
- iOS · Core AI
Overview
VOCA Health is a health-tech startup out of Champaign, IL focused on early detection of vocal disorders. As Founding AI Engineer (Jan–May 2025), I built the core AI behind the iOS app and helped take the venture through the Cozad New Venture Challenge.
Highlights
- Secured $20,000 in seed funding by placing 5th overall and 2nd in the Health category at the Cozad New Venture Challenge 2025
- Enabled early detection of vocal disorders for 500+ beta users with 89% diagnostic accuracy by building an iOS app with Core AI