DSO - Farid Fadaie

Why DSOs Mistake Scale for Maturity

Post author:Farid Fadaie
Post published:August 24, 2026
Post category:AI Healthcare
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Conventional wisdom says a 50-location group is far ahead of the solo practice on AI. Often it's behind: growth by acquisition doesn't scale AI, it scales AI Sprawl. Scale is not maturity.

Hi, I’m Farid Fadaie, cofounder and CEO of Viva AI. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and build products at the intersection of AI, dental operations, and healthcare.

My path started in engineering and moved into product leadership, company building, and operating dental businesses firsthand. Before Viva AI, I helped build privacy and peer-to-peer products at BitTorrent, led engineering and product teams at scale, and founded or helped grow companies in dental technology, including 2Dental and Soothing Dental.

This site is where I write about AI, dentistry, product, engineering, privacy, and the practical lessons that come from building software for real operations.