Munich Startup: What is your StartupWhat problem are you solving?
Aleksandr Gorbunov, Co-Founder Muunai: Our goal is to relieve doctors of bureaucratic tasks and thus give them more time for patients. At Muunai, we are developing a modern AI platform, which largely automates administrative tasks and acts as an intelligent assistant to accompany doctors throughout their working day.
Our primary focus is on documenting patient consultations. Currently, physicians spend an average of over two hours a day on this. With Muunai, documentation is created directly from the patient consultation and is completed when the patient leaves the room. With this time saved, physicians can focus fully on their patients.
Munich Startup: But that's been around for a long time!
Aleksandr Gorbunov: The medical software market in Germany is extremely outdated and dominated by a handful of large players. In recent years, we have seen many digitalization approaches, driven particularly by the popularity of language models. There are also some documentation assistants that offer a solution for all physician groups, but in our opinion, they do not generate long-term value in the heterogeneous practice landscape.
We therefore work closely with physicians from various disciplines to optimize Muunai specifically for different medical disciplines and to make it customizable for the individual workflows of each physician.
From hackathon to startup
Munich Startup: What is your founding story?
Aleksandr Gorbunov: The idea for Muunai was born after a hackathon. The challenge back then had no medical connection, but we saw how much is possible today with modern technology, especially AI. Shortly afterward, we spoke with a friend who was studying medicine. She told us how high the documentation burden is in the healthcare sector, and we immediately knew what we wanted to work on.
Munich Startup: What have been your biggest challenges so far?
Aleksandr Gorbunov: I would say the biggest challenge was turning an MVP into a production-ready product that delivers real value to physicians. Physicians (rightly) have high expectations for the quality of their documentation, and our goal is to offer the best documentation on the market. Our current challenge, however, lies in scaling sales. To achieve the greatest possible impact, we naturally want to offer access to Muunai to as many physicians as possible, and so we'll be working hard over the next few months to optimize our sales system.
We are already very proud of what we have achieved so far and there is still an exciting road ahead of us to fully realize our vision.
A real game changer in everyday practice
Munich Startup: Where would you like to be in one year, where in five years?
Aleksandr Gorbunov: Our main goal for next year is to bring Muunai to more doctors so they can make their daily routines noticeably more relaxed. We aim to reach at least 3,000 doctors in a year. At the same time, we want to integrate our tool even better into existing practice software.
In five years, we want to realize our vision and fundamentally modernize the way practices organize their daily work. Muunai is intended to become a true assistant for physicians. We want to support treatment, prepare all relevant information before the visit, make targeted suggestions, and continue to handle all documentation and billing tasks.
Munich Startup: How have you experienced Munich as a startup location so far?
Aleksandr Gorbunov: I'm very happy that we started Muunai in Munich. From the very beginning, you'll find contacts here who are available to offer advice and experience, especially during the difficult first steps.
I'm also convinced that personality is strongly influenced by one's environment, and Munich offers an environment full of motivated, intelligent, and helpful people. I find that extremely inspiring.
Munich Startup: Outsource or do it yourself?
Aleksandr Gorbunov: Of course, there are things in a startup that can be outsourced, especially in the later stages. And of course, you should also take advantage of the many tools that increase productivity. But you can't let someone else build your startup.
The most important thing is the team—people who share the same vision and have the right skills to make that vision a reality. And that's precisely what's irreplaceable.
