Flywheel

Flywheel is an active private U.S.-based technology company founded in Minneapolis in 2015, providing a leading cloud-based software-as-a-service (“Flywheel Core”) that manages large-scale medical imaging and video data. Its solutions automate curation/workflows for researchers across pharma/life sciences/biotech/device sectors—enabling advanced analytics and accelerating artificial intelligence model development. The company does not develop drugs or devices itself but serves as an enabling infrastructure/platform provider. It has raised significant venture capital from major investors including Novalis LifeSciences LLC, NVentures/NVIDIA’s VC arm, Microsoft among others. Key partnerships include collaborations with Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA to power end-to-end AI workflows on their cloud platforms. In 2021, it acquired Radiologics to further expand its offering into unified image/video annotation at scale. The company's main offices are located in Minneapolis MN (HQ), the Bay Area CA, St. Louis MO, and Budapest Hungary. No public trading symbol exists as of June 2025—the firm remains privately held.