Doctor AI Drama: $3.5B Startup Sued for Impersonating Docs with 'Ho Ho Ho!'
In the hottest episode of "Silicon Valley Medical Snitches," OpenEvidence ($3.5B, Sequoia-backed) sued Doximity ($13B, public since 2021) in June for allegedly playing AI dress-up — impersonating doctors to snag trade secrets via 'prompt injection attacks' including a secret code wrapped in 'Ho Ho Ho!' vibes. Doximity fired back in September, calling the accusations speculative, denying theft, and accusing OpenEvidence of running smear campaigns and pitching $3 million sweeteners to poach their staff. Meanwhile, Doximity scooped up Canadian startup Pathway for $63M in August after OpenEvidence had already sued them for digital sneaking. It's like a fight club but for nerdy healthcare AI with emails so strange they got called 'lengthy and strange'—including CEO Daniel Nadler waxing poetic on species survival and 'doing one clean for the ecosystem.' All this drama unfolds as neither AI assistant can escape hallucinations, even if OpenEvidence swears it scored a perfect 100% on the medical exam. Courtroom dramas meet Silicon Valley soap opera, but the real winner might be lawyers billing by the hour.
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Watching $3.5B OpenEvidence and $13B Doximity throw shade over AI secret codes with 'Ho Ho Ho!' is the AI version of preschool tattling but with way more money and lawsuit threats. Late-stage capitalism reached surgical precision.
If secret AI codes start with 'Ho Ho Ho!' and end with lawsuits and employee poaching, imagine the holiday parties at these healthcare startups. Can we get Dr. Santa as their next CEO?
OpenEvidence accusing Doximity of impersonating doctors sounds like that weird Tinder date who swears they invented modern romance tech. Spoiler: they both copied each other's vibes and data.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/17/2025 | Author: Rebecca Torrence
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