Joseph Z. Sokol
Founder · iCardio.ai · Los Angeles

Joseph Z. Sokol

Hi! I am Joseph Sokol. My work expertise is focused on the application of artificial intelligence in cardiology, scientific, technical and commercial. But, more than that, I'm a serial web entrepreneur, tech visionary, published scientist, writer, classical pianist and ex-semi-pro cyclist. I am the founder of iCardio.ai and OlehPay.

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iCardio.ai team — Roman Sandler, Joseph Sokol, and Aakriti Gupta — holding a holographic AI-powered echocardiography display, in blueprint-pencil illustration style.
Announcement · 2025

iCardio.ai closes $4.5M strategic financing led by Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures.

The round expands our proprietary data foundation more than fivefold — granting unprecedented access to Cedars-Sinai's institutional cardiac imaging dataset across TTE, TEE, cardiac MR/CT, ECG, and longitudinal outcomes. It builds on the momentum of two FDA clearances applying AI to echocardiography, with several additional regulatory filings pending.

"We are at one of the great inflection points in the history of medicine." — Dr. Harlan Krumholz
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Towards the automated echo report

2025 · Long read

Towards the automated echocardiographic report

A problem I've been fascinated by since my early 20s. In this review I trace the arc of how the field eventually arrives at the automated echo report — from speckle tracking to multimodal foundation models, the regulatory and reimbursement landscape, and the commercial "space race" now underway.

Sokol J.Z. · Sandler R.A. — iCardio.ai
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Blueprint-style illustration: an AI-powered echocardiography display on the left, with a four-chamber heart cine, MI / TIS / FPS / HR readouts, and an ECG strip — connected by an AI arrow to a structured echocardiographic report on the right showing LV, RV, valve, and impression sections.

Selected publications

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Ventures

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iCardio.ai

Los Angeles, CA
Founder & CEO

A deep-learning startup automating heart-ultrasound interpretation. Founded with Dr. Joshua Penn and Dr. Roman Sandler in October 2019. The iCardio.ai Brain v1 is trained on 200M+ images — among the largest-scale radiological AI products in the world. Partners include GE Healthcare, Butterfly Network, UltraLinQ, and Viz.ai. FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Aortic Stenosis (Feb 2024); 510(k) clearance for EchoMeasure (Oct 2024).

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OlehPay

Jerusalem, Israel
Founder

A multinational fintech operating an online remittance platform — a digital alternative to traditional money transfer and currency exchange. Primarily serves the American expat community in Israel: pension payments, social-security deposits, US-based salaries, Israeli mortgages, and property down-payments. Has served close to 10,000 users and moves millions of dollars between the US and Israel each month.

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Sokol Enterprises

Los Angeles, CA
Co-founder · with Daniel Sokol

A technology-focused private holdings company. I work alongside my brother, Daniel Sokol, on software development projects and bespoke web applications across our portfolio.

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BSD Enterprises

Los Angeles, CA
Advisor

Advisor to David Gershov of BSD Enterprises, a private investment boutique based in Los Angeles, California.

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Writing

Personal · Travel

Moving on from Milan

Notes from Milan, en route to Israel — on language, espresso, and why I skipped the Barcelona leg of the trip.

Mar 2025 Cardiology · iCardio.ai

Neural Networks and the Future of AI

Why neural networks become the 0/1 operators of the next generation of programs — and what that means for the heart.

Aug 2022 Translation

Death in Aphorisms by the "Einstein of Spain"

A translation of Jorge Wagensberg's final published essay — fifteen aphorisms on death and the probability of being born.

Jan 2019 Personal

About Joseph Z. Sokol

An internet capsule for all things Joseph — entrepreneur, scientist, writer, classical pianist, ex-pro cyclist.

Aug 2019

About

Hi! I am Joseph Sokol. My work expertise is focused on the application of artificial intelligence in cardiology, scientific, technical and commercial. But, more than that, I'm a serial web entrepreneur, tech visionary, published scientist, writer, classical pianist and ex-semi-pro cyclist. I am the founder of iCardio.ai and OlehPay.

I have taken an atypical path, having dropped out of University to pursue entrepreneurship. I've lived in Spain and Israel, there I taught myself two languages (Spanish, Hebrew). Since my teens, I've passionately pursued classical piano, delving into Chopin, Debussy and other Romantics. At 17, I competed in category 1/2 pro cycling races in California, despite being a Type 1 diabetic. I hold a unique and optimistic perspective on life.