SigTuple uses AI to test your blood, and it just landed $5.8 mn in funding

This is the largest investment in a healthcare AI start-up out of India, reports Tech in Asia

The World Health Organization requires a pathologist to spend 20 minutes examining a blood smear on a slide under a microscope before ruling out malaria if no parasites are seen. You can imagine how fatigue, an urge to get home, or some other distraction can disrupt that requirement – and the consequences of the disruption. Wouldn’t it be better for everyone concerned if the spotting of parasites could be automated? That’s the sort of thing healthcare AI start-up SigTuple does.

Today SigTuple, which uses computer vision and artificial intelligence for diagnosis, announced series A funding of $5.8 million. This is the