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Daniel Nadler

Daniel Nadler is an AI founder whose work spans financial analytics and medical search for doctors. He grew up in Toronto, earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto, and completed a PhD in political economy at Harvard. In 2013, he founded Kensho in Harvard Square; S&P Global acquired it in 2018. Around 2022, he launched OpenEvidence, whose AI scored above 90% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination and whose team released DeepConsult, an agent for physicians. TIME named him to its TIME100 Health list in 2025; as co-founder and CEO in 2026, he described plans to help doctors connect patients with clinical trials.

Now at
OpenEvidence

Timeline

  1. 2013–2018

    From Toronto to Kensho

    He grew up in Toronto, earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto, and completed a PhD in political economy at Harvard. In 2013, he founded Kensho in Harvard Square; its machine-learning and analytics systems served financial institutions and the National Security community.

  2. 2018

    Selling Kensho to S&P

    He sold Kensho to S&P Global in 2018.

  3. 2022

    Turning toward medical search

    He launched OpenEvidence around 2022 as a medical AI search tool for doctors, applying his information-science experience in finance to clinical research.

  4. 2023–2025

    Testing and extending medical AI

    OpenEvidence's AI scored above 90% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination in 2023. In 2025, the company released DeepConsult, an AI agent purpose-built for physicians. Nadler described an ensemble of specialized models trained on peer-reviewed medical literature.

  5. 2025

    A TIME100 Health honor

    He was named to TIME100 Health's list of the 100 Most Influential People in global health.

  6. As of October 2026

    Leading OpenEvidence

    He is OpenEvidence's co-founder and CEO.

  7. 2026

    Connecting patients to trials

    He described a future plan for OpenEvidence to help doctors match patients with clinical trials.

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  1. This AI founder became a billionaire by building ChatGPT for doctors forbes.com.au. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. S&P Global to Acquire Kensho; Bolsters Core Capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Data Analytics - Mar 6, 2018 press.spglobal.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Daniel Nadler on Building an AI-Powered Search Engine for Medicine goldmansachs.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. OpenEvidence AI Becomes the First AI in History to Score Above 90% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) prnewswire.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. OpenEvidence, the Fastest-Growing Application for Physicians in History, Announces $210 Million Round at $3.5 Billion Valuation prnewswire.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Daniel Nadler on OpenEvidence: Doctors’ Favorite AI App sequoiacap.com. Checked 14 October 2026.