Before starting her software company, Wu was a pharmacist. She was frustrated that she spent most of her days performing tedious data entry and admin work rather than mixing medicines and advising patients. "[Entrepreneurship] was fueled by my personal pain points working in a pharmacy," she says. In 2023, she launched Asepha with cofounder Can Uncu to let AI software process handwritten prescriptions, verify medical codes and handle paper faxes (still common at pharmacies). Asepha, based in Toronto, also offers an AI-powered phone system to handle refills, send pickup notifications and more adeptly route patient inquiries. Wu says her machine-learning software can cut labor costs by nearly a third within the first month. The startup has raised more than $4 million.
Eunice Wu wears a knit top by Jason Wu 