S11 Bonus: How He Bypassed Enterprise Hospital Bureaucracy to Build an Ambient AI Scribe for 26,000 Independent Clinicians with Erez Druk, Co-Founder & CEO of Freed

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Nov 6, 2025 · 23m

Erez Druk grew up in Israel, but has been in the Bay Area for many years. He has a common theme in his life of obsessing over his current thing. In the 4th grade it was the saxophone, and later on it was being Israel's board game champion, and then - he became obsessed with startups. Outside of tech, he is married and expecting his first child. He's into exercising, reading and coffee. His favorite is going to a coffee shop with his wife, and having a cappuccino and a pastry - but at home, he leans towards his aeropress.

Eight years ago, Erez met his wife who was heading into medical school…