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Maziyar Panahi built OpenMed because healthcare AI was locked behind expensive proprietary walls—big tech companies charging hospitals and researchers thousands just to access basic diagnostic models. So Panahi, a machine learning engineer who's spent years in medical imaging research, did what open-source does best: tore the walls down. OpenMed is a collection of open-source models for medical imaging analysis, clinical NLP, and patient data processing—free for anyone to use, modify, and deploy. No licensing fees. No vendor lock-in. Just code that helps hospitals, clinics, and researchers build better AI without starting from scratch.

The healthcare AI market is projected to hit $188 billion by 2030, and right now it's dominated by a handful of companies charging a fortune for access that should be public. OpenMed is aiming to flip that—making medical AI a public good instead of a profit center. It's not a company yet, it's a movement, and it's exactly what the healthcare AI space needed.