Simplify Alpha, a healthcare technology company that’s part of the Chicago-headquartered Simplify Group, has opened an AI Engineering Centre in Hyderabad’s HITEC City. The company plans to scale headcount at the facility to 1,000 professionals over the next two years. Telangana IT Minister D Sridhar Babu inaugurated the centre on Monday, November 9, 2026.
He was joined by Venkatgiri Vandali, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Simplify Alpha, and other members of the company’s senior leadership team.
What the Hyderabad centre will work on
The centre will build specialised engineering teams that combine AI expertise with knowledge of the US health insurance sector, according to the company’s official release. Simplify Alpha focuses on AI-powered automation and Solutions as a Service (SolaaS) for US health insurance organisations.
Work at the facility will follow what the company calls its Domain Forward Deployed Engineering model. Under it, Forward Deployed Engineering and AI Full Stack Engineering teams work directly with healthcare organisations. Their job is to integrate AI, automate manual processes and streamline business workflows. The company says this approach cuts the operational overhead it describes as healthcare’s complexity tax.
Simplify Alpha serves as the delivery wing of Simplify Group. Its sister companies within the group are Simplify Healthcare and SimplifyX.
Recruitment is already underway
Hiring for the centre has started. Roles listed on the company’s website include Azure solutions architects, AI engineers and technical leads, Siasat reported.
What the minister and the CEO said
Babu told the gathering that Telangana has brought in over 160 Global Innovation Centres in the last two and a half years. He said the state welcomed Simplify Alpha into that ecosystem.
“Partnerships like this create high-value jobs, build local expertise.” D Sridhar Babu, IT Minister, Telangana
In a post on X after the launch, the minister also said the state government was ready to work with and support the company as it grows in Telangana.
Vandali said he was pleased to launch Simplify Alpha in Hyderabad and join the city’s technology ecosystem. He added that AI and agentic models are reshaping the healthcare industry, and that the company’s domain-led forward deployed engineers would:
“accelerate how quickly our clients realise that value.” Venkatgiri Vandali, Co-founder and CEO, Simplify Alpha, as reported by PTI
