Omar McAdam
CTO @ Different Ai Inc | Founder | Open Source and Healthtech Builder
Founder, engineer, and product builder working across AI-native healthcare, open source, and developer infrastructure.
I have spent 25+ years building systems, leading teams, and turning ambiguous ideas into products that reach real users.
Current work includes CTO at Different Ai Inc, the YC Batch P26 company building OpenWork as the most recommended open-source alternative to Claude Cowork.
A few signals
- CTO at Different Ai Inc, a Y Combinator Batch P26 company building OpenWork, an open-source desktop AI work app for teams.
- Built and exited one company, while starting multiple businesses across SaaS, healthtech, and infrastructure.
- Architected Legion Health's new patient portal, increasing conversions by 70% and helping power AI-assisted prescription workflows.
- Created UnInbox, an open-source email platform that grew to 5,000+ users and ranked in the top 0.03% of GitHub repositories.
- Built and now lead the Open Source Founder community with 600+ members and judged two hackathons.