Cera, the home healthcare company that pairs artificial intelligence and robotics with frontline care visits, has added US$100m in annualised recurring revenue (ARR) in just 100 days, as it continues its expansion across the UK’s care sector.
The company said it was now delivering 3m patient home visits every month – a figure it says exceeds the total number of monthly attendances at NHS accident and emergency departments across the country.
The two milestones, announced on Monday, mark the latest stage in a rapid period of growth for the company, which was founded in 2016 and has built what it calls the industry’s largest home healthcare dataset, now standing at 300bn data points.
Dr Ben Maruthappu, the company’s founder and chief executive, said the growth reflected demand for a “preventative” model of care built around data and technology, rather than reactive treatment.
He said: “Adding $100m ARR in 100 days reflects the scale of demand for Cera’s AI-powered, preventative model of care.
“But what matters more than financial milestones like these are the people behind them: the vulnerable patients kept safe at home, the frontline staff empowered with better technology.
“We aren’t just building a bigger business – we are expanding access to better care, building the blueprint for more sustainable health systems.”
AI tools and a growing dataset
Cera says the data it gathers through home visits underpins AI tools that have reduced patient falls by 20 per cent and cut hospital admissions by more than half among the patients it monitors, with more than £1bn in savings passed on to the UK government and the NHS to date.
The company, which says it is the only UK home care provider with in-house AI development and its own robotics division, has also turned its technology towards staffing.
Last year it rolled out AI agents designed to double recruitment volumes, halve hiring times and cut administrative work for staff by up to 85 per cent, according to the company.
In April, Cera opened what it describes as the world’s first AI lab dedicated to the care sector, through which it plans to license its technology to governments, providers and insurers internationally.
Scale and reach
Cera now operates from more than 150 sites with around 13,000 frontline staff, delivering care on behalf of more than 100 local authorities and two-thirds of NHS regions in England.
The company argues that its model – built on continuous data collection from every care interaction – allows its AI systems to improve over time, a feedback loop it says is central to its pitch to both investors and public health commissioners grappling with rising demand and workforce shortages in social care.
