Building SOCAi —
from mobile scan to
medical insight
A deep-dive into how we designed, architected, and shipped a multimodal AI platform that turns any smartphone into a clinical-grade dermatology assessment tool.
Client
SOCAi Labs
Deliverables
Mobile + Web + Admin
Platforms
iOS, Android, Web
Domain
HealthTech / AI
Core Tech
FastAPI · React Native · AWS
01 — THE BRIEF
A platform that didn't exist yet had to work like it always had
SOCAi Labs came to us with over a decade of clinical research from UPenn, Cornell, and Harvard — and a vision to turn it into a product. The challenge: build a mobile app that captures consistent, clinical-grade scalp imagery, runs AI analysis in real time, and surfaces objective measurements that clinicians and patients could trust.
9x
Faster than manual assessment
92%
AI precision at pixel level
4
Platforms shipped
1B+
Manual assessments done anually
Full-stack, cloud-native, built to scale
A modular, production-ready architecture designed for performance and reliability.
Frontend & Mobile
Backend & API
AI & Orchestration
Cloud & Infrastructure
05 — OUTCOMES
What the engineering delivered
Async FastAPI backend and Redis caching eliminated wait times — assessments that took 15–20 minutes manually now run in under 2.
Pixel-level AI precision achieved by combining native camera calibration with a RAG-grounded inference pipeline trained on clinical research.
iOS, Android, web admin panel, and provider dashboard — shipped from a single coherent architecture with shared backend and AI layer.
Containerized AWS deployment and modular architecture means SOCAi can extend to new disease indications without platform refactoring.
App Gallery
Experience the platform in action
06 — WHAT WE DELIVERED
The Final Platforms
Mobile Application
- React Native cross-platform app with Swift/Kotlin native camera modules
- Real-time guided scanning with AI-assisted image validation
- Patient progress timeline and interactive 3D scalp visualization
- Generative AI chatbot for patient-facing Q&A and follow-up
Web Platform & Admin Panel
- Next.js provider dashboard with case management and report generation
- AI agent automations for clinical workflow and documentation
- Document processing pipelines for insurance and telehealth integrations
- FastAPI backend with PostgreSQL, Redis, and serverless AWS infrastructure
Building something that matters?
We ship production-grade mobile apps, web platforms, and AI systems — end to end.