Danny Charania

In 2015, a friend of mine, a filmmaker with a production company in Atlanta - looked at me and said, 'You're our CFO.' I was 25. I had a business degree from Arizona State, sure. But what I'd actually learned in school was how to lead, communicate, and bend the rules just enough to get where I needed to go. The real finance education came from six months of sitting with a CFO after work, every afternoon, just absorbing.

I said yes. And I got thrown headfirst into the world of indie film production, managing budgets across Atlanta and LA, negotiating with actors over whether they'd accept comfort-plus instead of first class, and paying background extras a hundred dollars and a hot meal for four hours of their time. The film, Breathe, is on Tubi right now.

After that, nothing in finance scared me again. Film has a million variables. Healthcare has fewer. Once you've kept an indie production on budget, counting nickels in a medical startup feels manageable.

By end of summer, we release the tool I believe changes the game. An electronic health record that doesn't just store data - it runs the entire administrative layer of a medical practice on its own. No scheduling errors. No missed diagnostic codes. No front desk scrambling to close out the day. The AI handles it, audits it, and makes sure every provider gets paid for every code they've earned.

The bigger vision: medicine that actually prioritizes longevity - the tools that keep people healthier longer should not be reserved for the wealthy. Clinix AI is how we make sure the providers delivering that care can actually do their jobs.