About us

The Optimal AI for Clinicians

Augnito believes in augmenting & empowering healthcare professionals to enable unparalleled fidelity & humanity in patient care. 

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  • 2004

    Launched the UK’s first Medical Transcription BPO

  • 2007

    Ranked No.1 by the NHS for National Framework Contracts

  • 2010

    Launched a product for Digital Dictation Workflow

  • 2012

    Worked with professors from MIT to develop Clinical Speech Recognition technology and optimize the service 

  • 2015

    R&D with professors from Sheffield University & IIT Bombay to develop technology and automate

  • 2016

    Launched Revenue Cycle Management services in the UAE as a new service line

  • 2020

    Pivoted from transcription into a Voice AI startup, Augnito

  • 2024

    Leader in the field of Voice AI & Ambient Clinical Intelligence across the continuum of care, with over 500 hospitals and 15,000 clinicians on the platform 

Our story

Founded by Rustom Lawyer and Shiraz Austin, Augnito’s genesis is rooted in several years of hands-on experience with clinical workflows and complex healthcare integrations. Over 20 years, the serial entrepreneurs have accumulated unique insights into the intricacies of healthcare operations and governance - developing a deep and holistic understanding of global healthcare systems and the need to reimagine them.

Augnito is a leading solution in Voice AI for Clinical Documentation and Ambient Clinical Intelligence, serving more than 500 hospitals and 15,000 clinicians worldwide. Their SaaS solutions help automate workflows, ensure quality and precision across administrative tasks, and equip clinicians with the latest evidence-based recommendations and insights in real time.

The company's highly intuitive products are the result of extensive collaboration with brilliant minds from MIT, IIT Bombay, and Sheffield University. Co-designed by clinicians and AI scientists, Augnito’s solutions mindfully blend human-centric design principles with cutting-edge technology.

By creating intelligence stacks for clinicians across the care continuum and ensuring that they are highly secure yet extremely accessible, Augnito strives to enhance the human touch in healthcare - making it more efficient, accurate, and patient-focused than ever before. 

Leadership team

Rustom Lawyer, CEO at Augnito AI

Rustom Lawyer

Co-founder & CEO
Shiraz Austin, Co-founder at Augnito AI

Shiraz Austin

Co-founder
Piyush Arya, Chief Growth Officer at Augnito AI

Piyush Arya

Chief Growth Officer 
Mohamed Iyaz, Chief Operating Officer at Augnito AI

Mohamed Iyaz

Chief Operating Officer
Aravind Gaddala, Head of Product at Augnito AI

Aravind Gaddala

Chief Product Officer
Verushka Patel, Director – Global Partnerships & Retail Sales at Augnito AI

Verushka Patel

Director, Global Partnerships & Strategy
Chethan Kumar, Director - Customer Success

Chethan Kumar S

Head of Customer Success
Jaison Mathew

Jaison Mathew

Senior Director, Sales

Advisory Board & Directors

Akbar , Member of Advisory Board at Augnito

Akbar Khan 

Ishaat Hussain , Member of Advisory Board at Augnito

Ishaat Hussain 

Zinia Lawyer , Member of Advisory Board at Augnito

Zinia Lawyer 

Jitendar , Member of Advisory Board at Augnito

Jitender Balakrishnan 

Maciej Kraus, Member of Advisory Board at Augnito

Maciej Kraus

Clinician Advisory Council

Vibha Jain, Member of Clinician Advisory Council at Augnito

Dr. Vibha Jain

Dr. Arif Khan, Member of Clinician Advisory Council at Augnito

Dr. Arif Khan 

Our Ethos

Human-Centricity

Experienced & Accessible

Our goal is to transform over two decades of medical expertise into accessible AI products through deep research and advanced technology development. Our multidisciplinary team ensures solutions are optimized for clinicians of every kind. 

Creative & Intuitive 

Our products are engineered to keep user preference and experience at the forefront, at every stage. We encourage real-time feedback from clinicians to address pain points effectively and evaluate new concepts by experimenting early and often. 

Attentive & Responsive 

Our Customer Success professionals are available to lend the human touch at any stage, helping you make the most of our technologies. We understand the significance of building strong associations—and provide analytics, testing and reporting on request.

Conscientious & Precise

Our working principles are diligence, alacrity, purpose and power. Revolutionizing healthcare systems is an ambitious undertaking that we strive to carry out with thoroughness, accuracy and sharpness – born from experience and ability.

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