OpenEvidence raises 250 million dollars in funding and reaches a valuation of 15 billion dollars

According to IT Home, Business Insider reports that OpenEvidence, a physician-focused AI search service, has raised $250 million in a new funding round led by multiple hospital systems and Andreessen Horowitz, boosting its valuation to $15 billion. The company, headquartered in Miami, has now raised over $1 billion in financing in the past year, with a January round valuing it at $12 billion. There is mention of potential sale or use of compute resources, and uncertainty about future acquirers or continued independence; OpenAI and Anthropic are noted as AI giants expanding in the field.