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Founder + CEO + Janitor at Sword // Building Artificial Intelligence to Heal the world.

Last week, we completed a new $54 million employee secondary sale, allowing our current and former Swords to sell a portion of their shares and realize some of the value they've worked so hard to create. We always believed the value each Sword creates should flow directly to them, empowering them to do well while doing good - which is why this is already our second employee sale in just two years, with our team selling $200M of their shares to date. And of course, this employee sale was only made possible by our pristine financials and exceptional growth performance, driven by the market's continuing strong demand for our AI Care solutions. Some key numbers that showcase this: - Sword achieved a 2x year-over-year revenue growth in Q3 2025, which means we're accelerating as we scale our revenue base. - We've helped our clients save over $1 billion in total healthcare costs, proving that the highest quality care is also the most cost-effective. - We’ve surpassed 600,000 unique members enrolled in one of our AI Care programs and delivered over 8 million AI sessions, demonstrating both the impact and scalability of our platform. - And last but not least, we're profitable (even with massive investments in R&D and GTM to expand into other areas). Ten years ago, Sword began in the basement of a research lab with a bold idea: that AI could fundamentally reshape how the world delivers and experiences healthcare. To see that idea now touching the lives of so many humans is something that would not have been possible without the talent, hard work, and resilience of this extraordinary team. I know every founder says this, but trust me: Sword’s team is different. To every Sword, past and present, thank you for your relentless drive to change the world for the better. The view is good from here. But we’re still only 5% done.

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I hope the Sword Health mafia are the ones truly transforming the portugues and european ecosystem. Already happening. Don’t stop. 👏👏👏

Guillaume d'Audiffret

General Partner at Noteus Partners

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Congrats on completing the secondary and on your outstanding results Virgílio (“V”) Bento and the whole Sword Health team! Proud to be an investor.

Manuel Albuquerque

Founder & CEO Primetag | Developing tech for the Creator Economy for 12 years | Author and Martech Investor

3w

Muitos parabéns! Ainda me lembro de vocês nos escritório da incubadora

André Miranda

Founder & CEO at Musiversal

4w

Are you saying capitalism works Virgílio (“V”) Bento? Congratulations!! Well done! 🙌

Hugo Lopes

Software Engineer @Google DeepMind | Gemini Personalization

4w

Congrats Virgílio (“V”) Bento! Impressive!

Well done, Virgílio (“V”) Bento André Eiras dos Santos and team Sword. It's great to see the ecosystem benefiting from your success. We have done something similar recently at Infraspeak (at a waaaaaay smaller scale) and the feeling is indeed great.

Spencer Foust

Managing Director @ Sozo Ventures | Kauffman Fellow, Stanford MS&E

3w

Congrats!

Hugo Pereira

Fractional Growth (CMO/CGO) | Co-founder @Ritmoo | Author “Teams in Hell – How to End Bad Management”

4w

A good example for all other startups and scaleups. Parece fácil, mas não é.

It's very inspiring to see that purpose-driven projects, Made in Portugal, are not only profitable but also a generative disruptor in many ways. Businesses with an AI soul. May it be so for many, many millions to come. Keep strong and healthy Sword Health

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