Tempus AI secured up to $9.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The award is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' ADVOCATE program.
The initiative focuses on creating an autonomous AI agent to deliver and coordinate cardiovascular care without direct human oversight. This clinical tool will function as a 24-hour extension of medical teams to provide reliable patient monitoring.
The project specifically targets heart failure, a condition currently affecting over 6 million Americans. This scalable AI solution aims to address the ongoing shortage of cardiologists in the U.S.
This government-backed project seeks to establish regulatory pathways for a new class of clinical AI. It also aims to build public trust in autonomous healthcare technologies.