Qure.ai Secures Gates Foundation Grant to Advance AI for TB and Pneumonia Detection

26 January 2026

Qure.ai press release

Global digital health innovator Qure.ai has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the Gates Foundation to advance health equity and reach underserved populations.

The grant will enable Qure.ai to develop a large open-source multi-modal database to support future innovations in prevention and identification. The database will integrate non-identifiable clinical history, medical images including chest X-rays, thoracic ultrasounds, high-resolution CT scans, cough and lung recordings, and laboratory or biological markers. Researchers and innovators globally will be able to use the database to develop, validate, and refine new AI models.

The grant will also support the development of AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound algorithms for early detection of TB and pneumonia, two of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases in under-resourced regions. TB causes approximately 1.23 million deaths annually, while pneumonia results in around 2 million deaths each year, including 700,000 children under five. Both diseases are curable if detected early.

Read the full press release here.

Source: Express Healthcare