Denys-Michel de Larouzière
Denys-Michel de Larouzière
Entrepreneur.
Builder.
Co-Founder & CEO of hinlab Inc.
Creating the next generation of AI-native medical diagnostics.
Key Metrics
2
FDA-cleared medical devices
31
hospital deployments in the U.S.
4,000+
patients monitored
5
patent families authored
$ millions
raised from Silicon Valley investors
1
acquisition completed (venture-backed)
About Me
I'm an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley.
I started as an entrepreneur at 20, driven by a long-standing vocation to build companies. I have always wanted my work to create real impact, which is what brought me to medical technologies. I believe technology can help save lives, and the combination of biosensors, intelligent systems and hardware offers a practical way to support patients and improve care.
I co-founded hinlab and helped lead it from an idea on paper to two FDA-cleared products, more than 4,000 patients monitored and deployments in leading U.S. hospitals. The work has been deeply hands-on. Hardware, software, clinical studies, manufacturing, regulatory challenges, all of it pushed me and the team to operate across disciplines in one of the most demanding fields that exists.
What I appreciate most in this life of entrepreneurship is the people aspect. Building a company means bringing together individuals with different skills and personalities and working toward something none of us could achieve alone. It is incredibly energizing to see people grow inside the team, to see them take ownership, bring their passion and solve problems in their own way. It is one of the most rewarding parts of the journey.
I am also grateful for the investors and mentors around us. They believed in us early and have been real partners. Their experience, support and wisdom help us push our thinking, make better decisions and feel less alone while steering the ship forward.
What amazes me most about entrepreneurship is the constant movement between long-term vision and day-to-day execution. Some moments are about choosing the path. Others are spent in the details, fixing what needs to be fixed and working directly in the trenches. Switching between these levels every day brings a kind of energy I have never found anywhere else.
Before hinlab, I grew up in France and studied at King’s College London and UC Berkeley.
Achievements
- Built hinlab Inc. from concept to FDA-cleared products used in real clinical settings.
- Raised millions of dollars in equity and non-dilutive capital.
- Led multidisciplinary teams in R&D, AI, hardware, firmware, clinical trials, regulatory, manufacturing, and go-to-market.
- Ran pivotal clinical studies with hospitals (including UCSF), reviewed and validated by the FDA.
- Deployed the technology in 31+ hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai and Cleveland Clinic.
- Led the acquisition of GabiSmartCare, an FDA-cleared pediatric diagnostic solution backed by $10M of prior investment.
- Secured over $1M in national innovation grants (France 2030, BPI i-Nov, and others).
- Authored 5 patent families across sensing, signal fusion, and medical device design.
My vision
No one should have to live in uncertainty about their own health. Yet today, people wait for answers while clinicians work under pressure with partial information. We can do better. By bringing advanced technologies into everyday life, we can give people clarity when they need it and give clinicians the insight they deserve.
My mission is to make diagnostics fast, accessible, and part of daily care. When diagnostics become simple and continuous, healthcare becomes more proactive, more human, and far more effective.
What I believe:
- Diagnostics will move into the home instead of staying locked in clinics.
Testing must be simple, frequent, and close to the people who rely on it. - Clinics will evolve beyond buildings into continuous, sensor-rich environments that learn over time.
Care will shift from occasional visits to ongoing understanding. - AI will drive the next era of diagnostics.
Medical knowledge is expanding faster than any human can keep up with. AI will help clinicians catch what would otherwise go unseen. - Personalized care will replace one-size-fits-all protocols.
Every person is different, and healthcare should reflect that reality. - People will become active pilots of their own health.
Clearer data and better tools will let individuals understand their bodies and take confident action.
My vision is to build technology that supports clinicians, empowers people, and helps healthcare shift from reactive to truly preventive.
- Diagnostics will move into the home instead of staying locked in clinics.
My blog
Founder’s Cockpit is a collection of short essays, notes from my perspective as a founder. Some come from things I’ve learned the hard way. Others come from conversations with founders, operators, and investors I’ve been fortunate to work with or cross paths with. None of it is theory for the sake of theory. It is simply experience, lessons I’ve picked up, and questions I’m still trying to understand.
Writing helps me make sense of things. It forces clarity, reveals weak assumptions, and strengthens the ideas that deserve to last. It also leaves a trail I can return to, to revisit, adjust, or let go of. In that way, this blog is as much for me as it is for anyone who reads it.
Talks
Stanford Biotechnology Group & StartX — 2025
MIT Club of Boston, Biosummit — 2025
LSI Emerging Medtech Summit — 2024
Stanford eWear — 2024
BPI France i-Nov Laureates — 2023
Cercle Décideur Santé — 2021
Awards
I’ve secured multiple prizes and competitions through my company, resulting in seven-figure non-dilutive grant funding.
Stanford eWear Prize
BPI i-Nov Innovation Prize
France 2030
Innov’Up Santé
Contact
© 2025 DM de Larouziere