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Who are AKASA's decision-makers?

AKASA’s decision-makers combine founding AI leadership, healthcare revenue-cycle expertise, clinical strategy, and enterprise customer deployment roles.

CEO
Malinka Walaliyadde
CTO/key exec
Varun Ganapathi
Founded
2019
Employees
51-200 on LinkedIn
HQ
South San Francisco, CA
Notable
Cleveland Clinic partnership
  • Malinka WalaliyaddeCo-founder & CEOFounder, since 2019Former investor/operator leading AKASA’s health-system GTM and AI-native RCM strategy.
  • Varun GanapathiCo-founder & technology leaderFounder, since 2019AI and machine-learning co-founder tied to AKASA’s automation platform.
  • Benjamin Beadle-RybyCo-founderFounder, since 2019Healthcare revenue-cycle co-founder with operating-domain knowledge.
  • Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP, MBAVP of Clinical StrategyAppointed 2026Clinical-strategy leader added as AI RCM adoption gains momentum.

Who leads AKASA?

Malinka Walaliyadde leads AKASA as co-founder and CEO. The founding team includes AI and healthcare operators, and recent executive hiring adds clinical strategy depth as the company moves deeper into coding and documentation workflows.

Who actually makes buying decisions at AKASA?

Revenue cycle, finance, clinical documentation, compliance, security, and IT stakeholders all shape purchases. For internal AKASA vendors, product, data science, engineering, clinical strategy, and customer implementation teams are likely the strongest champions.

How is AKASA organized as it scales?

AKASA is organized around health-system-facing solutions and AI platform capabilities. As it scales, expect more specialization in medical coding, CDI, authorization, implementation, model quality, and account management.

As of June 2026.Sources:AKASA leadershipAKASA

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