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Partner @a16z investing in healthcare technology. Prev @flatironhealth (acq by @roche for ~$2b) & @deloittehealth. Professional student.

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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
Where do we most need AI in healthcare?. To outline the most viable use cases for AI in healthcare today, we @a16z interviewed many of the largest healthcare orgs across the country. Here are the 19 areas we prioritized:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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We @a16z are excited to announce our investment into @CounselHealth, as they offer consumers 24/7 access to personalized medical advice from expert physicians within minutes. In a world where we can call a (driverless!) car, order a meal, and pay a friend -- all with a tap and a
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
How can you get your healthtech product to market faster?. One increasingly popular way is B2C2B, or selling directly to end users before the enterprise. @julesyoo & I explore how in the 1st of a 5-part series on GTM in digital health by the @a16z team:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Science needs better Software. The good news: waves of talented builders are jumping in to help, enabling biotech to further accelerate how drugs are Discovered + Developed + Distributed. @JorgeCondeBio & I "sketch out" Biotechโ€™s Tech moment: .
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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a16z at The White House ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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We @a16z are thrilled to announce our Series A investment in @valarlabs, which is building AI tools to assist oncologists in cancer treatment decisions. There are roughly 2 million new cancer diagnoses annually in the US alone. Each diagnosis involves a biopsy of the patient's
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
Introducing Inductive Bio: an AI company that enables scientists to accelerate new medicine optimization. Founded by Josh Haimson + Ben Birnbaum with whom we are thrilled to be working together again! They previously launched/led ML at Flatiron Health, where we first teamed up:)
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Health-tech friends building in NYC ๐Ÿ—ฝ. Thanks for hanging with @daisydwolf & me last night. More dinners to come!
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Full house tonight @a16z for the Software Builders in Bio event with @bitsinbio + fireside chat with @sajithw @benchling ๐Ÿ™Œ . @JorgeCondeBio @vijaypande @nlarusstone @vintweeta @ZakDoric @daisydwolf @EllenTunoa @kkerames @atcz93
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
How can you better connect our healthcare system through software?. One increasingly promising way is to take a multi-sided network strategy. @vintweeta & I explore *how* with 5 iconic founders in this episode of GTM in digital health by the @a16z team:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
6 years
Who pays for your prescription drugs?. Interesting graphic on the flows between drugmaker <> wholesaler <> pharmacy <> PBM <> insurer. and the consumer from @lydiaramsey125 @skyegould @businessinsider
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
This is literally a map of new startup ideas in healthcare. These were already worthwhile problems to solve in January. now experiencing once-in-a-generation tailwinds!. It's time to build in healthcare.
@julesyoo
Julie Yoo
4 years
1/ Weโ€™re living thru The Great Unlock in healthcare - things we thought would take 10+ yrs to play out are now playing out in 2-3. Massive dislocation is changing the very topology of the industry, enabling tech to be wedged into zones that were historically intractable.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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The primary mission of healthcare technology should be to put the industry on the TV price curve
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Marc Andreessen ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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The primary mission of technology and economy policy should be to put everything on the TV price curve.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
What can healthtech founders learn from the most favored public companies?. Beyond growth & profitability, thereโ€™s one trait they share: business model โ€œmagic.โ€. Check out the latest @a16z piece from me, @julesyoo, @skupor, & @mmehta17 for how to amplify it in your business.(1/3)
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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1/ Scientists need better software tools! ๐Ÿ”ฌโšก๏ธ๐Ÿ’ป. Thatโ€™s why @jorgecondebio & I are excited to announce that @a16z is leading @biodockaiโ€™s seed financing: founders @MichaelLee04 & @nurlybek_m are building the modern operating system for biological data analysis.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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1/ Oncologists should have the best possible tools to select treatments for their patients. @Valarlabs is building the AI-enabled data interpretation platform for cancer care. @vintweeta & I are excited to share that @a16z is leading their seed round!.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
It's time for a transparent marketplace for healthcare. @julesyoo & I are thrilled to announce that @a16z is leading the Series A in @TurquoiseHC, after also leading the Seed last year, to support @crsevern @ageitgey & team in building that future.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
The @a16z Bio+Health team has the privilege of supporting bold entrepreneurs building across life sciences & care delivery. With our new $1.5B bio+health & $5B growth funds, we're continuing to invest at pre-seed, seed, series A, series B, & beyond.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Paying for the $4T healthcare we consume requires better fintech infrastructure, data connectivity, & software tools. @mandrusko1 @dhaber @daisydwolf @julesyoo outline many of the opportunities we're watching @a16z:
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@julesyoo
Julie Yoo
3 years
1/ The intersection of Healthcare x Fintech = a meaty zone in which to build. But where to start? What makes for a good play? What learnings from general fintech apply? Some thoughts from Team @a16z Healthcare x Fintech:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
The US healthcare system is on an unsustainable trajectory. Our healthcare providers experience increasing burnout, our health systems face growing labor shortages, and our economy shoulders ballooning healthcare costs. Yet our clinicians are being asked to do more with less:.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
Exciting milestone for Thyme Care: Series B to support many more cancer patients in their care journeys. Welcome to new partners @townhallvntrs and @ForesiteCapital and congrats to the @ThymeCares team!
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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High value AI application: Predicting properties of new drug candidates. Congrats to the Nested Tx and Inductive Bio teams on this successful collaboration showing how new AI models can predict ADME properties and accelerate small molecule drug discovery.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Three Fintech x Healthtech intersection opportunities highlighted by @julesyoo & @dhaber : .1โƒฃ consumer payments & lending.2โƒฃ provider practice enablement.3โƒฃ unbundling & re-bundling insurance. Hit us @a16z up if you're building at this intersection!.
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David Haber
3 years
.@julesyoo and I are very excited about the intersection of Fintech x Healthcare: "As fintech makes its way into healthcare services and software, we see the potential to rewire incentives and remove inefficiencies to pave the way for a more value-oriented healthcare system."
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Going to #HLTH2021?. Come hang w the @a16z team in town๐Ÿ‘‹:@julesyoo @vintweeta @justin_larkinMD @daisydwolf @vmocherla @JFurus @GingerLiau @Marina_kusserow @theraisepartner & me!. ๐Ÿ‘ Join us on @Clubhouse Mon AM: โ˜•๏ธThen stop by IRL:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 months
We @a16z are thrilled to announce our investment in @Alchemy_rx, as they expand access to life-saving medications for underserved communities. Despite spending over $700B each year on pharmaceuticals in the US, we still face wide disparities in access to essential medicines.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Fun evening with this AI x Health crew for #SFTechWeek
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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How are healthcare leaders selecting AI products?. New @a16z pod with 10 healthcare AI buyers:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
6 months
Healthtech startup office art
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Go @JenniferHli !! Such incredible news. Couldn't agree more w/ @bhorowitz. Jennifer "embodies the a16z culture.".
@martin_casado
martin_casado
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So very excited for the promotion of @JenniferHli to GP. She's a primary reason @a16z enterprise investing is what it is, being a key player behind so many deals, our team and our investment philosophy and process. She really is "the best of us".
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
AI is changing the economics of healthcare. Today, most healthcare companies are not set up to operate efficiently. Consider that publicly traded healthcare companies (excluding pharma) generate $2.6T in revenue and yet turn only ~10% of that revenue into profit. Even more
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
We live in amazing times: novel medicines are increasingly available for once-untreatable conditions. Yet, our current healthcare delivery and insurance system is not designed for us to purchase and distribute these innovative therapies at scale.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Funniest thing I read today on my flight to #HLTH2021 . @healthbjk interview by @nikillinit, covering EHR data access, HL7, FHIR, new ONC interop rules, data highways, & of course, Verona, WI.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Capability != economics for AI startups historically, but thereโ€™s an increasingly strong economic case for generative AI products across verticals (incl. healthcare!!). @martin_casado at @a16zโ€™s AIR today in SF
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Awesome AI use case. Now do a medical bill. .
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Peter Yang
1 year
I will never get a parking ticket again.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Every cancer patient deserves a trusted companion guiding them to the highest-value care at each step of their journey. @a16z is thrilled to support @ThymeCares in making that happen. @vintweeta explains perfectly why the "time for Thyme Care is now"! .
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
Out of stealth: Scribe Therapeutics launches its platform for engineering CRISPR-based genome editing medicines, as well as a $400M+ collaboration with Biogen โœ‚๏ธโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ’‰. Congrats to @BenjaminLOakes, @doudna_lab & the Scribe team.
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Vijay Pande
4 years
14/ Scribe represents a major shift in therapeutics, from a discovery approach to an industrialized means to design treatments that address a large class of diseases โ€“ allowing for the rapid development of novel therapeutics to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Next chapter of our @a16z healthtech GTM series is about selling through channel partnersโ€”PBMs, EHRs, GPOs, TPAs, Plans, etc. If your startup does this, we'd love to hear your perspective and potentially feature you in the blog! Just fill this survey out:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Healthcare worker shortage getting worse over time
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
As we @a16z continue studying GTM motions in healthtech, we would love to hear what has worked for your team. DMs open!. We'll continue posting our learnings on this hub page: @julesyoo @vintweeta @vijaypande @JorgeCondeBio @justin_larkinMD @daisydwolf.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
How can you distribute your healthtechย product more broadly?. One way is by selling through channel partners. @julesyoo, @annie_m_collins, & I explore how in our next GTM piece by the @a16z team:.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Healthcare biz model nerds ๐Ÿ“ข come help us find & pick the next iconic health tech company to support @a16z.
@julesyoo
Julie Yoo
3 years
Are you a healthcare biz model nerd? Get a kick out of Health Affairs articles and digital health 10-Ks? Psyched about the future of virtual-first value-based care? Come be a Healthcare Deal Analyst on Team @a16z bio+health
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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NYC
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Bio platforms are more productive than ever. But with broader applicability comes great responsibility๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ:. How to explore all the good your tech can do, with only the finite resources of a startup?. One way: TEAM UP. @JorgeCondeBio & I offer tips on how.๐Ÿš€.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
After 30 years of trial and error, I still essentially have no idea how different foods affect my long-term health. I don't think I'm alone in that, which is why I'm so inspired by the vision of the @Levels team.
@vijaypande
Vijay Pande
4 years
1/ @Jeff_Jordan and I are excited to announce that @a16z is leading @Levels $12M Seed Round to bring biowearables into the mainstream and improve metabolic health.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Congrats to Thyme Care on their Series C ๐Ÿ’™. This allows Thyme to expand their support to many more cancer patients navigating their care journeys. Has been such a joy teaming up w/ @rsboon, @pbcancerdoc, @bjdiephuis & many more friends at @ThymeCares since the Seed. Onwards!
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Consumer healthtech builders -- come learn with us! . @daisydwolf & the rest of the @a16z Bio+Health team are arranging conversations to explore open opportunities to help consumers live happier & healthier lives๐Ÿ™‚.
@daisydwolf
Daisy Wolf
3 years
๐Ÿ“ฃ Calling all consumer health builders! ๐Ÿ“ฃ We @a16z are planning events โ€“ fireside chats, dinners, & more โ€“ to bring together experts & smart folks in the space. Some virtual & some in person (NYC & SF to start). Interested in joining? Fill out this form!
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
1/ My favorite behind the scenes, cutting room floor gem from @a16zโ€™s Bio Eats World podcast yesterday with Dr. Freda Lewis-Hallโ€”the changing perception around partnerships in the biopharma industry since she joined it in 1994:.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
"There are no more worthwhile endeavors than our most brilliant minds taking great risks to improve the world by doing something larger than themselves.". Excited to team up with those building the future ๐Ÿ™Œ.
@vijaypande
Vijay Pande
3 years
1/ Iโ€™m thrilled to announce our fourth @a16z Bio Fund, bringing $1.5B of new capital to invest in the intersection of technology, life sciences & healthcare.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
What is more valuable than our health?. My @a16z partners @vijaypande @daisydwolf start off .#HLTH2022 with a bold prediction: the most valuable company in the world will be a consumer health tech company.
@vijaypande
Vijay Pande
2 years
1/We think the biggest company in the world will be a consumer health tech company. Four of the top five biggest companies in the world are consumer companies, and healthcare is one of the nationโ€™s biggest industries. @daisydwolf @a16z @a16zBioHealth .
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 months
@WillManidis spot on.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
healthcare is literally the last market to move from fee-for-service to value-based-care. also, these rates for exec search are crazy.
@martin_casado
martin_casado
3 years
A trend from exec search firms to be aware of -- more and more they're asking for equity as part of the search, and burying it deep in the docs. 08 to .1 is not unusual. Which is totally crazy. Be sure to run the math before agreeing to something like this!.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Areas of opportunity in consumer health from my @a16z colleagues @daisydwolf + @julesyoo ๐Ÿ”Ž๐Ÿ‘‡.
@daisydwolf
Daisy Wolf
2 years
1/ Last month, @vijaypande and I predicted a consumer health company will be the biggest company in the world (โ€ผ๏ธ). This invoked lots of **feelings** ๐Ÿคฏ. This month, @julesyoo and I dive into specific areas of consumer health where we see opportunity. A ๐Ÿงต:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
My parents lost a son due to complications related to sepsis on Sep 12, 1985 before I was born. Sadly, too many families have stories like this. So I'm particularly inspired by the results of @bayesianhealth's prospective study on their early warning system for sepsis:
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Brilliant & optimistic teams are building at the intersection of biology & computer science to advance human health. @endpts profiled how @vijaypande @JorgeCondeBio @vintweeta @julesyoo & the @a16z Bio+Health crew .have been expanding our efforts to support those teams.
@vijaypande
Vijay Pande
3 years
We believe our society is poised to benefit greatly from the next major tech revolution โ€” this time in the biotech space. Thanks @endpts for sharing the story of @a16zโ€™s journey into bio as well as my own path from academia to VC.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Bezos 2018 letter puts experiments like Haven into context. I'm excited for the new healthcare products that will be built on the hard-earned learnings from this experiment.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
AI reading list ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‘€.
@a16z
a16z
2 years
Research in artificial intelligence is increasing at an exponential rate. Even experts struggle to keep up with everything new. So we've curated a list of 3rd-party resources weโ€™ve relied on to get smarter about modern AI, that we're calling "AI Canon." ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
What's more important than our health?. If you are looking for an intimidating, regulated, complex, but mission critical problem to solve: come to healthcare!.
@vijaypande
Vijay Pande
2 years
Hey Tech, Itโ€™s Time To Build. In Healthcare. In the past few months, the founders of Instacart, Spotify, and Coinbase have all started new healthcare companies. Why are these seasoned tech founders jumping into tech-driven healthcare?. 1/.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
All my UK uncles & aunties asking me when I'm moving back to London ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง.
@RishiSunak
Rishi Sunak
2 years
Great news that @a16z โ€“ one of the worldโ€™s leading tech investment firms, is opening a new base here in London. Another huge vote of confidence in the UK as a place to build and grow tech businesses of the future.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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The hardest problems in AI are in bridging the worlds of bits and atoms. @DaphneKoller sharing why she committed to building an AI company in the life sciences: to deliver better medicines to people who need them. At @a16z AIR in conversation w/ @vijaypande
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Patients deserve transparent prices for the care they need. ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ฒ. New common-sense regulations are finally unlocking access to prices for all.โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ”“. @TurquoiseHC is building a provider-payer marketplace to enable fair competition in favor of empowered consumers of healthcare.๐Ÿ™Œโšก๏ธ.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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We call it a healthcare "system", but to a patient leaving a doctor's office, it can often feel like you're on your own.๐Ÿค’. Thankfully @memorahealth is building the modern OS for healthcare, connecting silos of care into a continuous, proactive, & intuitive care experience.โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ˜€.
@memorahealth
Memora Health
4 years
1/ Today, weโ€™re excited to announce a $10.5M financing led @a16z! Memora Health is building an operating system to help modernize how our largest healthcare organizations deliver care.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Fun hosting this AI x health crew w/ @daisydwolf + @ARSaporta.
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Daisy Wolf
2 years
Had the best night hanging with this AI x health crew๐Ÿ—ฝ
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
5 years
Welcome to @a16z @vintweeta . excited to work together again!!.
@a16z
a16z
5 years
Vineeta Agarwala @vintweeta, our newest general partner:.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Congratulations to the one and only Scott Kupor. He is a world class leader, and I have no doubt that the country will be better off from his service. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Scott Kupor
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Thank you @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to serve our country in helping @elonmusk, @VivekGRamaswamy and the entire DOGE team make efficiency a central tenet of the federal government
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Thatch is helping businesses of all sizes give their employees better health benefits for less money. Today they announced their $38M Series A financing, and we @a16z couldn't be more excited for the more equitable healthcare future they are building. It has been such a joy
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Developing more life-saving medicines requires expanding our clinical trial infrastructure. ๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿงฌ. Topography is activating new capacity by empowering clinicians to conduct A+ research at their practices.๐Ÿ› ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿฅ. @julesyoo articulates why we @a16z are so excited to support! ๐Ÿ™Œ.
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Julie Yoo
3 years
0/ Among the many mighty healthcare supply-demand mismatch problems, one of the most vexing is the low % of physicians participating in clinical trials, while most trials enroll insufficient patients, let alone a diverse enough set of patients representative of the population.
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Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
How are healthcare leaders evaluating & deploying AI solutions today?. We @a16z interviewed many of the largest healthcare orgs to highlight how their eval criteria for AI solutions might inform how entrepreneurs bring their products to market.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Software x biotech builder community in NYC ๐Ÿ—ฝ is strong ๐Ÿ™Œ. Look what you've created @nlarusstone @bitsinbio. Thanks for bringing us together yesterday @apoorvasriniva @tjbollerman ๐Ÿ™.
@bitsinbio
Bits in Bio
3 years
NYC BiB meetup went well!
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 months
Healthcare is burdened with tedious, repetitive, & error-prone tasks that result in admin waste, worker burnout, and suboptimal patient care. New @a16z POV on how AI agents are automating the drudgery across industries, incl. healthcare. Check out post for several examples.
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@kimberlywtan
Kimberly Tan
3 months
๐Ÿ“ข New @a16z thesis: We believeย AI will automate operations and eat the world of RPA ๐Ÿค–. Historically, most ops work couldn't be automated because it was too bespoke and lacked native integrations or APIs, and so was done manually or through imperfect RPA solutions. With
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
"We are dedicated to offering the best platform to bring companies from seed through IPO" ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฑ.
@a16z
a16z
3 years
Weโ€™re excited to announce our $400M seed fund. Seed has always been a core part of our strategy. This fund underscores our commitment to founders on this leg of the journey and to seed investing as first class motion for the firm.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Benchmarking the cash you burn for every $1M of net ARR you add can help you understand the efficiency of your growth -- regardless of the market environment. To compare, here are burn multiples by stage analyzed by @DavidGeorge83, @justin_kahl, & our @a16z growth team:
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Paying for healthcare is painful, but it shouldn't be. Thatch Health is on a mission to fix it, both for employers & employees. @julesyoo & I @a16z are thrilled to be partnering with Chris, Adam, & the entire @thatch_ai team on simplifying the healthcare financial experience.๐Ÿงต
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
8 months
Read more on our investment thesis on Valar Labs from @vintweeta @a16zBioHealth:.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Build the modern biotech software stack @OctantBioโ€ฆ also you get to refer to yourself as an โ€œOctonautโ€, so what else do you need really?.
@OctantBio
Octant Bio
3 years
New year, new job?! We are hitting the ground running in 2022, building and scaling Octantโ€™s Software team with our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th team hires. It's a good time to consider a career as an Octonaut! Check out:
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
Today, I'm excited to discuss the opportunities for AI to enable 10x better experiences, economics, and outcomes of healthcare at #jpm2024 with John Rootenberg, MD @Roche, Steve Mutkoski @Microsoft, Megan Callahan at Welsh Carson, and our hosts Alya Sulaiman + Anirudh Goel at the.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
I skipped my coffee this morning and instead listened to this convo w. @Jonathan_Bush & @julesyoo. Woke me right up ๐Ÿ™‚.
@a16z
a16z
4 years
Github for healthtech? @Jonathan_Bush of Zus Health joins @julesyoo on Bio Eats World to talk about the history and future of infusing tech with healthcare.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Last week at the J&J Data Science & Digital Health Symposium, I enjoyed discussing how integrated cloud systems of record + data flows from virtual-first care delivery rails can together unlock R&D throughput.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
"Genomics is currently a laboratory testing-based industry, but in the future it will look very much like an information industry" Sean George, Invitae CEO. Congrats to @ciitizen + @Invitae teams on joining forces to empower patients with their combined genomic + clinical data.
@ciitizen
Ciitizen
3 years
We are thrilled to announce that Ciitizen and @Invitae are joining forces to advance the future of empowering patient control of their medical data. Click here to read the full statement from our founder @anilsethiusa:
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
"Every scientist will have an AI assistant/collaborator/partner that will greatly expand their scope of scientific research and achievement. Every artist, every engineer, every businessperson, every doctor, every caregiver will have the same in their worlds.". if we allow it.
@pmarca
Marc Andreessen ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Why AI Will Save The World -- my new megapost on why you should be excited, not scared, about AI. Enjoy!.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
6 months
โ€œWell-informed people know that it is impossible to transmit voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical valueโ€ - Editorial in the Boston Post, 1865.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
5 years
Biology is hard. BUT - when you're lucky enough to be around pioneers like @srikosuri @rhomsany - it's hard not to be optimistic about humanity's ability to deal w/ whichever disease nature throws at us. ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ’ฅ.
@srikosuri
Sri Kosuri
5 years
Really excited to be building @OctantBio w/ @a16z and having @JorgeCondeBio and @vijaypande join us. It is indeed time to build!
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
My fam @websun23, @ArifNathooMD & the entire @KomodoHealth all-star team accelerating their vision to *learn* from every single interaction in our healthcare system ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ.
@websun23
Web Sun
4 years
Thrilled to announce weโ€™ve closed our #SeriesE round led by Tiger Global and joined by @cascapital. Get ready: we are extending our 7-year lead, executing on our vision to transform healthcare, and accelerating our market impact. ๐Ÿš€
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
"We do it for the team" is an @a16z core value & also @sarahdingwang's middle name. 1 of my fondest memories @a16z is my 1st deal team, when I got to work w her (& @julesyoo + @JorgeCondeBio!). Sarah is the ultimate teammate, & I continue to learn so much from her.๐Ÿคฉ. Go Sarah!.
@DavidGeorge83
David George
3 years
Some very excitingย @a16z newsย today. Iโ€™m thrilled to announce that weโ€™ve promoted @sarahdingwang to General Partner for the Growth Fund. More below on whyโ€ฆand welcome Sarah to this new role, Iโ€™m proud to call you my partner!ย ย .
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
5 years
Big news @a16z this week - my colleague @julesyoo promoted to GP. Iโ€™ve already learned a ton from her over the last year and am excited for all the work weโ€™ll do together supporting healthcare software entrepreneurs in the future!.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Exciting day @ThymeCares: Dr. Brad Diephuis joins as CBO. Looking fwd to partnering w/ @bjdiephuis as he brings his learnings as a physician, CMS policymaker, entrepreneur, engineer, & cancer survivor to Thyme. Congrats to @rsboon, @pbcancerdoc, & entire TC team! @vintweeta.
@ThymeCares
Thyme Care
2 years
Meet our new Chief Business Officer, Dr. @bjdiephuis. The former CMMI advisor will oversee Thyme Careโ€™s business strategy and push forward our mission to change the value-based oncology care landscape. We are incredibly excited to welcome him to the team.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 months
Would you rather text your doctor now or wait 40 days to see your PCP in person? . It's no surprise that the fastest-growing care setting isn't the hospital or home but the mobile phone๐Ÿ“ฑ. Meanwhile, clinicians are overloaded with patient messages, leading to burnout and staffing.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
โ€ผ๏ธ Biotech builders --> How do you best navigate the 3 acts of executing a biotech BD deal? โ€ผ๏ธ. ๐Ÿงญ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฌ My brilliant @a16z colleagues @beckypferdehirt & @JorgeCondeBio offer a guide, from their experiences in the biotech BD trenches.
@beckypferdehirt
Becky Pferdehirt
3 years
1/ Business development is essential for many biotech startups, but thereโ€™s a wide chasm between wanting to partner and signing on the dotted line. @JorgeConde and I offer a beginners recipe book for the sausage making of a biotech BD deal
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
.@a16z in the โ˜๏ธ! (+ SF + NYC + LA + MIA +. ).
@bhorowitz
benahorowitz.eth
3 years
We're moving! @a16z.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
5 years
Cancer care during the COVID-19 outbreak @vintweeta @pbcancerdoc @sumitshahMD @omnivorousread @a16z .
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
Mental healthcare should be accessible to everyone. Grateful to the @try_headway team for leading that future through a software platform connecting patients + therapists + insurers. And glad @a16z has the opportunity to support.
@andrewlangadams
Andrew
4 years
Thrilled that @try_headway has launched in 11 states & raised a Series B led by @skupor at @a16z . We're looking for great people to join us in our mission of rewiring mental healthcare for access and affordability. See roles here .
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Where are network effects possible in healthcare? My holiday reading to find out, thanks to โฆ@andrewchenโฉ!
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
Exciting partnership announced today between Walgreens and Pearl Health.
@PearlHealth_
Pearl Health
1 year
@PearlHealth_ has partnered with @Walgreens to expand access to high-quality, value-based care. Weโ€™re excited to work with the Walgreens team to enable primary care providers to deliver proactive, whole-person care in the communities they serve.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 months
Inspiring chart for startups. If AI enables a cost structure advantage (eg driverless cars), you can dislodge incumbents, perhaps even those โ€œprotectedโ€ by network effects as a moat.
@aleximm
Alex Immerman
2 months
Waymo's market share is now equal to Lyft within SF. Incredible. Network effects is one of the best sources of defensibility. But it's proven to be not that important in ridesharing. You need a minimum network size, but once you have that, there are diminishing returns. In
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
Simplifying care. at home!๐Ÿ ๐Ÿฆฝ๐Ÿ™. Congrats to @vjkedar & the @TomorrowHealth1 + @GeisingerHealth teams on launching this partnership to get patients the medical equipment they need.
@vjkedar
Vijay Kedar
4 years
I am excited to announce our partnership with @GeisingerHealth. @TomorrowHealth1 is thrilled to be working work with patients, physicians, and medical suppliers to improve home healthcare for over half a million GHP members.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
We want modern healthcare experiences. @memorahealth is empowering leading healthcare organizations with the modern digital health tech stack. Excited to see all that @mnvsevak & the Memora team will build with the added fuel!.
@vintweeta
Vineeta Agarwala
3 years
Congrats to the @memorahealth team on closing a latest $40m financing to fuel a next chapter of growth ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ. We @a16z led prior seed round; thrilled to continue backing @mnvsevak + team as they bring smart automation at scale to our largest healthcare orgs!.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
If you would like to attend the next one, join the @bitsinbio slack community๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ. Meetups in Boston, DC, LA, London, NYC, SD, SF, & more. CC: @nlarusstone.
@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
3 years
Full house tonight @a16z for the Software Builders in Bio event with @bitsinbio + fireside chat with @sajithw @benchling ๐Ÿ™Œ . @JorgeCondeBio @vijaypande @nlarusstone @vintweeta @ZakDoric @daisydwolf @EllenTunoa @kkerames @atcz93
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
1 year
In the coming weeks, weโ€™ll be releasing our interviews with these healthcare leaders, as well as some GTM tactics on pricing, packaging, & defensibility for AI products. For the full post, check out: @daisydwolf, @vijaypande, @julesyoo, @a16zBioHealth.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
6 years
Just re-read one of my favorite @firstround articles. Great insights on how to grow teams through times of rapid scaling.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
4 years
2/ Today, highly-trained drug researchers spend hours analyzing microscope images - essentially one by one. Itโ€™s a painfully repetitive process that creates bias & error. @Biodockaiโ€™s AI software platform automates months of image analysis in minutes.
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@JayRughani
Jay Rughani ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
2 years
Better saas + fintech tools for care delivery! . @PearlHealth_'s provider enablement software & specialty risk marketplace empowers PCPs to deliver higher quality care at a lower cost in collaboration with financially-aligned specialty care networks. @a16z.
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