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SpendRule
AI contract verification comparing hospital supplier invoices with negotiated terms.
What they do
SpendRule reads contract terms, checks invoices, flags discrepancies with supporting clauses and calculations, and drafts credit requests. Founded in 2025 and based in Dallas, it is led by co-founders and co-CEOs Chris Heckler and Joseph Akintolayo. Its October 29, 2026 funding release reports a $4 million seed round led by Mark Cuban's Radical Investments, with Zeal Capital Partners participating, bringing total funding to $6 million. The company reports $2.91 billion in annual purchased services spend across 2,187 business relationships under verification, not money recovered. Named health system customers include OSF HealthCare, Kettering Health, MemorialCare and MUSC Health.
The record
- Vertical
- Hospital Operations
- Sub-segment
- Purchased services contract verification
- Product type
- Platform software
- Stage
- Seed
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Region
- North America
- Founded
- 2025
- Total funding
- $6M raised
Notable investors: Radical Investments, Zeal Capital Partners.
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