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U.S. healthcare tech firm opens AI engineering centre, to hire 1,000

U.S. healthcare tech firm opens AI engineering centre, to hire 1,000

IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu inaugurating the Simplify Alpha facility in Hyderabad on Monday.

Simplify Alpha, a Chicago-headquartered healthcare technology company and part of the Simplify Group, inaugurated its AI Engineering Centre in Hyderabad with plans to scale headcount to 1,000 professionals over the next two years.

The company plans to build specialised engineering teams combining AI expertise with knowledge of the U.S. health insurance sector, IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu’s office said on Monday after he inaugurated the facility in the presence of Simplify Alpha co-founder and CEO Venkatgiri Vandali and others.

“We have brought in over 160 global innovation centres in the last two-and-a-half years, strengthening Hyderabad’s position as a hub for global innovation and deep domain expertise... welcome Simplify Alpha to this ecosystem. Partnerships like this create high-value jobs, build local expertise and help us develop solutions for the world,” the Minister said.

Hyderabad’s deep technology roots and world-class talent will fuel the company’s next phase of growth, Mr. Vandali said.

With existing operations in Pune and Mumbai, the company is now establishing Hyderabad as a major strategic base, the Minister’s office said.

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