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Taha Bandukwala

Co-founder, Akira

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Taha Bandukwala was co-founder and chief medical officer of Akira, a Toronto virtual-care app co-founded in 2015 with Dustin Walper and Matt Zukowski, connecting patients with doctors by text and video. Bandukwala was a radiology resident at the University of Toronto at the time. Right Health acquired Akira in 2017; TELUS Health acquired it again in 2019.

Taha hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Taha co-founded Akira, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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'Doctor in your pocket' launches in OntarioCanadian Healthcare Technology
2016
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Akira is a new smartphone app that connects people with doctors fasterCBC News
2016

Quick answers

Who founded Akira?

CBC News reported on 2016-05-31 that Taha Bandukwala was chief medical officer and co-founder of Akira, alongside Dustin Walper.

What was Bandukwala's background?

Canadian Healthcare Technology reported on 2016-07-07 that Bandukwala was a radiology resident at the University of Toronto when Akira launched with co-founder Dustin Walper.

What did Akira do, and how did the beta go?

CBC News reported on 2016-05-31 that Akira connected patients with a certified doctor by text or video chat, and quoted Bandukwala saying its three-month beta drew over 2,300 patients with overwhelmingly positive feedback.

What happened to Akira?

Canadian Healthcare Technology reported on 2019-08-21 that Akira, started by co-founders Dustin Walper, Taha Bandukwala and Matt Zukowski, was acquired in 2017 by Right Health (which adopted the Akira name), and that TELUS Health finalized its acquisition of Akira on 2019-08-21.

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