microAlan

microAlan is a hackathon project that aims to showcase a possible future for Alan. It was built during the Mistral x Alan Hackathon in Paris.

This project is a fusion of ideas from our three-member team. Although our team wasn’t planned in advance, our individual concepts merged into something much more compelling. This led to the creation of microAlan, a proof of concept (PoC) illustrating what Alan could become in the next few years.

Our project addresses a specific challenge: Alan, a French insurance company, provides an app to help users manage their health and stay in touch with doctors. However, as the healthcare system is already overwhelmed, doctors can’t be available at all times to assist every patient. This creates a significant scalability problem.

The idea is to provide an AI assistant that supports patients in their daily lives. It can speak in real time (leveraging OpenAI’s Realtime API, which had just been released at the time) and “see” through the phone’s camera to analyze visual symptoms. Additionally, the assistant can place calls on behalf of the patient to book appointments and find the nearest doctors with availability.

With this project, our team won 1st place in the project track. The concept was deeply anchored in reality, addressing a known pain point for Alan and making the project even more impactful.

You might want to take a look at our implementation in the repository.