Ayodeji Ijishakin
| Ayodeji Ijishakin | |
| Occupation | Co-founder and COO of Mecha Health |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founding Mecha Health |
Ayodeji Ijishakin is a British-Nigerian entrepreneur and machine learning researcher who is the co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) of Mecha Health, an applied artificial intelligence company that builds foundation models to automate x-ray analysis for radiologists. The company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch and is based in San Francisco, California.[1]
Early life and education
Ijishakin pursued a PhD in Medical Imaging at University College London (UCL), where he met his future co-founders. During his academic career, he published research at leading artificial intelligence conferences including NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML.
Career
Ijishakin co-founded Mecha Health in 2024. The company develops proprietary foundation models that process medical images—beginning with x-rays—and produce draft radiology reports. According to the company, its first model was built in less than two months and outperformed models from Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI on clinical accuracy metrics, while being two orders of magnitude smaller and trained on a quarter of the data.[1]
The company's stated goal is to address radiologist shortages and burnout by increasing efficiency. Mecha Health claims its technology can enable radiologists to move from reading one scan per hour to one scan every five minutes. The company operates on a per-scan pricing model and estimates that x-ray report generation represents a market opportunity exceeding $40 billion.[1]
Mecha Health has partnered with what it describes as the largest privately owned radiology practice in the United States and a multinational tele-radiology company to provide customized foundation models for their radiologists.
The company raised $4.1 million in seed funding in a round led by Valia Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Reach Capital, and Phosphor Capital.[2]
As COO, Ijishakin focuses on the operational and business aspects of the company, working alongside his co-founders whom he met during their doctoral studies at UCL. The company's technical pipeline ingests medical images in standard formats such as DICOM, HL7, and FHIR, and produces structured clinical reports including findings and impressions.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mecha Health – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Mecha Health". 'Mecha Health}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.