Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu (middle) at the new facility of Simplify Alpha

Simplify Alpha, an arm of the Chicago-headquartered Simplify Group, has opened an AI engineering centre here, with plans to scale its headcount to 1,000 over the next two years.

The company plans to build specialised engineering teams combining AI expertise with knowledge of the US health insurance sector, a statement said on Monday. Its ‘Domain Forward Deployed Engineering’ model identifies operational challenges and develops targeted solutions. Its engineering teams work directly with healthcare organisations to integrate AI, automate manual processes and streamline business workflows.

The company, with operations in Pune and Mumbai, supports over 70 major health plans, with services covering claims, benefits, provider operations, and member experience.

“As AI and agentic models reshape the healthcare industry, our distinctive model of healthcare domain-led, forward-deployed engineers will accelerate how quickly our clients realise that value,” Venkatgiri Vandali, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Simplify Alpha, said in a statement here on Monday.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the centre, Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said the State had brought in over 160 global innovation centres in the past two and a half years. He said partnerships like this created high-value jobs and built local expertise.

Published on November 9, 2026