TIME100 AI 2026 · Innovators

Daniel Nadler

Founder and CEO, OpenEvidence

His AI medical search tool, known as ChatGPT for doctors, is used by 40% of US physicians, he told CNBC.

Born
1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Now
Founder and CEO, OpenEvidence
Studied
Harvard University

Interesting facts

  • Side project

    Published a book of poetry, Lacunae: 100 Imagined Ancient Love Poems, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016.

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  • Side project

    Was an executive producer on the film Motherless Brooklyn (2019) and a co-financier and producer of Palmer (2021).

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  • Early start

    Co-founded his first AI company, Kensho, in 2013 while still a Harvard PhD student; S&P Global bought it in 2018.

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  • Detour

    Between companies he went back to reading the classics, studied Ancient Greek again and took drawing lessons from a Royal Academy teacher.

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  • Turning point

    Says the images coming out of New York City when COVID hit made it clear his second company would be in medicine.

    goldmansachs.com
  • Numbers

    Says 95% of new OpenEvidence users hear about it from another physician, and that more than 40% of US physicians use it.

    cnbc.com

Career

  • OpenEvidenceFounder and CEO2022 to now
  • KenshoCo-founder2013–2018

Education

  • PhD, Harvard University, 2016

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