The Boston-based healthcare AI company picks Hyderabad over Bengaluru for its first international centre, with hiring planned across engineering, clinical operations, data science, and compliance
Cohere Health, a US-based clinical intelligence company serving health plans, has launched its Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad — its first outside the United States. The centre brings together teams across AI/ML engineering, analytics, and clinical operations, working directly alongside US-based colleagues to scale the company’s clinically trained AI platform.
The work being done here is not peripheral. Cohere Health’s platform handles utilization management — the process by which health insurers decide whether a medical procedure should be approved. It is one of the most consequential applications of AI in healthcare, requiring systems that can simultaneously interpret clinical guidelines, patient records, and insurance policies in real time. Hyderabad is now part of where that capability gets built — and that matters for India’s ambitions in healthcare AI, a segment historically dominated by US and European product companies.
Siva Namasivayam, CEO and Co-Founder of Cohere Health, said: “Our new Global Capability Center is a testament to Cohere Health’s belief in the power of clinical-led innovation and global collaboration. We’re excited about bringing together the best of AI-powered clinical intelligence with the remarkable talent and passion India has to offer. As we scale globally, the GCC is instrumental: driving better decision-making and payer-provider interactions and ultimately improving patient care access and outcomes.”
Himanshu Gandhi, Site General Manager for Cohere Health India, said: “Hyderabad’s vibrant ecosystem of technological expertise and innovation is a natural home for the GCC. Our focus is on more than just operational excellence but also nurturing a culture that bridges deep clinical excellence with advanced AI and engineering — building the foundation to support responsible solutions at scale and strengthen our mission and vision worldwide.”
The decision to choose Hyderabad over Bengaluru was deliberate. The city’s growing standing as a healthcare and life sciences hub, combined with its depth of AI and ML talent, made it the right fit for a company whose product lives at the intersection of clinical expertise and artificial intelligence.
The expansion roadmap covers engineering, product, payment integrity, clinical operations, data science, and compliance. That breadth signals something clearly — Cohere Health is not staffing a back-office function in India. It is distributing ownership of its core product across geographies, with Hyderabad as a genuine node in that network.