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Arini

AI receptionist software for dental practices

Software Engineer

Full-Time
$120k - $300k/yr+ Equity
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience shipping and operating systems in production.
  • Ability to work across backend services, data, and user interfaces.
  • Ability and expectation to use AI in daily work.
Responsibilities
  • Design and build modules for operational areas including scheduling, patient communication, insurance, accounts payable, and reporting.
  • Build integrations with enterprise healthcare systems, including practice management, billing, payments, and vendors without APIs.
  • Build and operate AI agents in production, including their evaluation, guardrails, and observability.
  • Design data models and pipelines that enable operations across thousands of locations to be queried, monitored, and acted on.
  • Own reliability for built systems, participate in on-call support, and find root causes when systems break.
  • Own modules end to end, including design, build, deployment, and operation.
  • Within the first 30 days, work alongside the engineer who owns a product line and ship into it.
  • By day 60, write a plan to own and build a vertical such as insurance verification or outbound campaigns.
  • By day 90, own a product line end to end.

About the company

Arini.ai provides AI-powered receptionist solutions designed for dental practices. It helps dental offices manage calls, schedule appointments, and connect with existing dental software through a subscription-based service. The AI receptionist works by automating phone and messaging interactions, handling appointment requests, and syncing data with the practice’s software, all while adhering to HIPAA regulations and using strong security measures to protect patient information. This makes workflows more efficient and improves patient relations by reducing administrative burdens and ensuring smooth, accurate communications. Arini.ai differentiates itself with a healthcare-focused, HIPAA-compliant platform, continuous security monitoring, restricted data access, and a business model built on recurring subscriptions with potential add-on services. The company’s goal is to streamline dental office operations, enhance patient care, and maintain high standards of data privacy and security.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$630K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2024

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What believers are saying

  • Arini claims MB2 Dental trust and serves groups with 800+ locations.
  • Customer stories show missed calls turning into $500K, $342K, and $1M production.
  • Dental practices face persistent front-desk shortages, boosting demand for automated reception.

What critics are saying

  • Arini's biggest threat is OpenAI, RingCentral, and Twilio copying dental workflows by 2027.
  • If Cartesia raises pricing or degrades uptime, Arini's call quality and margins suffer immediately.
  • HIPAA breach or BAA failure would trigger practice churn and possible shutdown.

What makes Arini unique

  • Arini uses Cartesia's sub-90ms voice layer, keeping dental calls natural.
  • Arini is purpose-built for dental PMS workflows, including OpenDental, Dentrix, and Denticon.
  • Arini claims 300ms response times and 24/7 booking for multi-location DSOs.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Company Equity

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

5%
Cartesia
Oct 21st, 2024
Arini Partners with Cartesia to Empower Dental Practices and Bolster Revenue

Arini partners with Cartesia to empower dental practices and bolster revenue.