About
We're building software that helps electrologists treat more patients, better — with autonomous robotic assistance on the roadmap. Software first. Practitioner always at the center.
Our mission
Electrolysis is the only method of permanent hair removal recognized by the U.S. FDA, and it works across every skin tone and hair color. But it’s exacting, manual work, and skilled practitioners are scarce — so patients wait. Our mission is to lift that constraint by amplifying the people who do the work, so more of the people who want treatment can actually get it.
Software first, robotics on the roadmap
We started with software because that’s where we can help practitioners soonest. Our near-term product is vision-enhancement tools — computer vision designed to give electrologists a clearer, steadier view of the treatment site. The longer-term roadmap is autonomous robotic assistance, in development now, built on the same vision foundation and designed to keep the practitioner in control.
The through-line never changes: we amplify electrologists, we don’t replace them. Every decision runs through that principle.
What we value
Practitioners at the center
The electrologist's skill and judgment are the point. We build to extend them, never to override them.
Honest about where we are
We're early. We describe what our tools are designed to do, not outcomes we haven't earned — and we say so plainly.
Precision, patiently
This is careful, close work in a medical setting. We hold ourselves to that same standard in how we build.
Four people building at the edge of vision and medicine
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Chris Bender Chief Executive OfficerChris leads Vera Medical, bringing more than two decades of leadership across medical devices, automation, and robotics. He's spent his career building and scaling teams at the intersection of hardware and healthcare, and he sets the company's software-first, practitioner-centered direction.
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Kelsea Blackwell Chief Technology OfficerKelsea builds the perception, safety, and platform architecture behind Vera Medical. She spent three decades in production infrastructure and reliability engineering — scaling companies like Gremlin, Google, and AWS — with an engineering background in the kinematics behind robotic motion. Designing systems that fail safely is exactly what a medical robotics program lives or dies by.
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Lee Davidson Chief Operating OfficerLee runs operations and business development at Vera Medical. An entrepreneur focused on go-to-market and strategic partnerships, he leads how the company builds relationships with clinics, partners, and investors, and turns early traction into a working business.
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Rish Bansal AI & Robotic Vision · UC BerkeleyRish works on the AI and robotic-vision core of the platform. A robotics and computer-vision engineer from UC Berkeley, he develops the models behind our precision-dermatology view of the skin and the vision foundation the robotics roadmap is built on.
Work with us
Whether you’re an electrologist, an investor, or press, we’d like to hear from you.