HumanFirst

Founded in 2017 as Elektra Labs and headquartered in San Francisco, the company was co-founded by Andrea (Andy) Coravos. Coravos' background merges healthcare, finance, and technology; she worked at McKinsey & Company and KKR before transitioning to software engineering, with roles at Instacart and Akili Interactive, a digital therapeutics company. This varied experience, including a period as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the FDA's Digital Health Unit, shaped the company's mission to create a more reliable system for deploying connected technologies in healthcare. In January 2024, HumanFirst was acquired by ICON, a global clinical research organization, for approximately $13.3 million.

The core offering is the Atlas platform, an extensive evidence-based database and workflow tool. Atlas houses a vast repository of information on over 10,000 digital measures, and thousands of connected sensors and wearables. The platform allows research teams to evaluate and compare these tools, access validation studies, and understand their application across over 800 medical conditions. It helps streamline protocol design and supports the shift toward decentralized or hybrid clinical trials by providing the necessary infrastructure to manage digital measures effectively. The platform provides insights into AI-powered biomarkers and clinical outcome assessments from various sources, including sensors, questionnaires, and imaging data. To foster broader adoption, HumanFirst has offered free versions of its platform, such as OpenAtlas and AtlasEDU, to the public and academic researchers, respectively.