Applied AI

About Applied AI

AppliedAI provides artificial intelligence software focused on automating mission-critical business processes for clients in regulated industries like healthcare, insurance, financial services, and government. The company was founded in London in 2021 by Arya H. Bolurfrushan and relocated its headquarters to Abu Dhabi in 2022 to leverage government grants. It maintains a global leadership and engineering presence in San Francisco, London, and Berlin.

The founder, Arya H. Bolurfrushan, has a background in finance and technology, having worked at Goldman Sachs and served as CFO for RAK Petroleum. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. His experience in finance and with scaling companies has informed AppliedAI's focus on high-stakes, regulated environments.

The company's core product is Opus.com, a generative AI workflow platform developed to automate tasks such as processing medical billing records and insurance claims. The platform uses a proprietary Large Work Model (LWM) and Work Knowledge Graph (WKG) to generate auditable and transparent automation workflows from plain-language prompts. It is designed to combine the speed of AI with human supervision to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve accuracy compared to traditional business process outsourcing (BPO). Opus can lower costs by 50-80% and increase accuracy by 10-20%. Initially available only to large enterprises, Opus was launched as a self-serve platform in October 2025.

AppliedAI's business model is usage-based, monetizing its platform through a standardized unit of output called "manhours". The company has raised significant capital to fund its growth, including a $42 million round in 2022 and a $55 million Series A in February 2025, reaching a pre-money valuation of $300 million. Key investors include G42, Palantir, Bessemer Venture Partners, and McKinsey. Notable clients include Abu Dhabi's M42 Healthcare Group, U.S. law firm Morgan & Morgan, and the U.K. drug safety firm Qinecsa.