Forward is a defunct AI-enabled primary care company that shut down operations in November 2024 after launching as a technology-driven, cash-pay direct primary care business. Forward's Twitter Score is 13 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #74,289 among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Forward was co-founded by Adrian Aoun, Erik Frey, Ilya Abyzov, and Robert Sebastian. The company built a model that bypassed traditional insurance, offering patients direct access to primary care supported by artificial intelligence. Its CarePods were self-contained, self-service kiosks that used AI to screen and diagnose health conditions, deployed in locations such as malls, gyms, and offices.
Forward raised $657.50 million in total funding, per TechCrunch, including a $100 million round announced in November 2023. According to The Information, the company reached a $1 billion valuation in 2021. Its backers had included Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Tencent, Samsung NEXT, SoftBank, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Forward announced its closure in November 2024, immediately shutting down its mobile application, canceling scheduled visits, and closing all locations. Its medical team continued supporting patients through December 13, 2024, with guidance on obtaining medical records and finding alternative providers. Forward has published 1,796 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 79 accounts a total of 303 times.
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The accounts that follow Forward include 70 founders, 25 angel investors, 9 influencers and 7 VCs, among them Emilie Choi, Michael Arrington, Martin Shkreli, DFarmer, Jeff Dean and Mark Pincus.