# SmartAlpha

> SmartAlpha (smartalpha.ai) is a venture-capital-funded AI healthcare startup building real-time artificial intelligence for ultrasound imaging. Its FDA-cleared real-time AI guidance products — Nerveblox™ for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and MSK Go for musculoskeletal ultrasound — are available on select ultrasound systems from global imaging vendors including GE HealthCare and Siemens Healthineers. Running on more than 1,000 systems across 35 countries, SmartAlpha's user base is among the fastest-growing in healthcare AI.

## Key facts

- Company: SmartAlpha — an AI healthcare startup focused on ultrasound AI and AI-guided ultrasound scanning
- Mission: removing the skill barrier to ultrasound for a new generation of human users and robotic healthcare workers
- Products:
  - Nerveblox™ — FDA 510(k) cleared and CE marked; real-time identification of anatomical structures for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia across 12 supported procedures
  - MSK Go — FDA 510(k) cleared and CE marked; real-time anatomical highlighting for musculoskeletal ultrasound across 5 joints and 120 anatomical structures
- Technology: proprietary, edge-ready AI supporting 50+ scan procedures and 200+ anatomical structures with real-time image-quality assessment, able to run on any hardware platform
- Partners: GE HealthCare, Siemens Healthineers
- Investors: Diffusion Capital Partners, TT Ventures, Koç GSYF, TIBAS, Eksim Ventures, GrowthCircuit, and day-one angel investors
- Traction: running on more than 1,000 ultrasound systems across 35 countries
- Founders: Utku Kaya (Co-founder and CEO) and Ozan Biler (Co-founder)
- SonoFive — a free daily sonoanatomy exercise for clinicians: five real regional anesthesia ultrasound cases read against the clock, with expert annotations; new cases every day (https://smartalpha.ai/sonofive/)
- Contact: contact@smartalpha.ai

## Official profiles

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartalpha
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/smartalpha
- PitchBook: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/462632-59
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@smartalpha-ai-for-ultrasound
- Press releases (PRNewswire): https://www.prnewswire.com/news/smartalpha/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141796282

## Full content

- [llms-full.txt](https://smartalpha.ai/llms-full.txt): the complete site content — FAQ, supported procedures and views, news, and all articles — in one plain-text file

## Pages

- [Solution](https://smartalpha.ai/solution/): the intelligence layer for ultrasound imaging — use cases, technology, and FAQ
- [Ultrasound and artificial intelligence, explained](https://smartalpha.ai/ultrasound-ai/): what AI does during an ultrasound exam, how it simplifies the expert's work and helps with the shortage of skilled sonographers, where it helps, and how it is regulated
- [Nerveblox](https://smartalpha.ai/nerveblox/): ultrasound AI for regional anesthesia
- [MSK Go](https://smartalpha.ai/msk-go/): AI for musculoskeletal ultrasound
- [About](https://smartalpha.ai/about-us/): company, team, and mission
- [Newsroom](https://smartalpha.ai/newsroom/): announcements and press coverage
- [Putting Expert Knowledge Inside the Ultrasound](https://smartalpha.ai/why-we-started-smartalpha/): the founders on why SmartAlpha makes ultrasound systems anatomy aware
- [SonoFive](https://smartalpha.ai/sonofive/): the daily sonoanatomy check — five real regional anesthesia ultrasound cases against the clock, free, for educational use
- [Contact](https://smartalpha.ai/contact/): get in touch