Mosaic Intelligence Labs, a San Francisco-based startup developing AI-powered surgical instruments, has emerged from stealth with $47 million in seed funding.
The company raised the capital across two seed funding rounds led by 8VC and Fundomo. Lingotto Innovation and Obvious Ventures also participated in the investment.
Founded about a year ago, Mosaic Intelligence Labs is developing AI-guided and semi-autonomous surgical instruments designed to help doctors perform complex procedures with greater precision.
The company is initially focusing on endovascular procedures, which involve guiding thin wires and catheters through blood vessels to treat different organs.
Its semi-autonomous catheter can navigate through a patient’s blood vessels by adjusting its tip to follow the correct veins and arteries as the surgeon guides it into the body.
Mosaic aims to improve surgical navigation by combining sensors, computing, and robotics. During these procedures, doctors typically rely on live X-ray images, earlier medical scans, and physical feedback from surgical instruments because they cannot directly see inside blood vessels.
The company’s technology is designed to collect information through sensors placed on surgical instruments and use computing systems to reconstruct the surrounding blood vessels. This could provide surgeons with an updated 3D view of the patient’s anatomy and the instrument’s position during procedures.
Mosaic is also developing a robotic interface to support more precise control of surgical instruments. Its long-term vision is to build a surgical world model that helps machines understand and predict how their actions affect the surrounding environment.
The technology could also expand the use of catheters for delivering drugs, energy, and other treatments directly to targeted areas inside the body.
Mosaic Intelligence Labs was founded by Ileana Pirozzi and Mackanic, who met while pursuing doctoral studies at Stanford University and working with medical professionals. The company is now building its team in San Francisco, hiring engineers, physicians, and creative professionals.
According to the company, its team has experience developing surgical systems used by more than 20 million patients, along with technologies in robotics, automotive, aerospace, artificial hearts, and drug development.
