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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective

Andreessen Horowitz

Positioning the product (with the enterprise buyer in mind) Frame the problem you’re trying to solve In a recent conversation with Daniel Barchi, CIO of CommonSpirit Health, he compared AI software purchasing to buying a car with lane assist technology. That ultimate user could be a physician or a specific administrative team member.

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African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth, spurring a $7M investment initiative

TechCrunch

While Africa’s health systems are still reeling from the effects of the COVID pandemic, the adoption of digital health services has been revved in some countries. The report says 36% of all-time funding reported by the health supply chain startups it profiled was raised in the last 12 months.

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The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

TechCrunch

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. One of the best strategies for tech companies that want to serve the older adult market is to focus your value proposition on empowering older adults.

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DynamoFL aims to bring privacy-preserving AI to more industries

TechCrunch

Data privacy regulations like GDPR, the CCPA and HIPAA present a challenge to training AI systems on sensitive data, like financial transactions , patient health records and user device logs. One workaround that’s gained currency in recent years is federated learning. Image Credits: DynamoFL.

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ManageXR grabs $4 million seed round to scale XR business 

TechCrunch

With the latest funding, ManageXR will support its expanding team and go-to-market strategy as the company has experienced rapid growth since becoming available to beta users in November 2019 and officially launching in April 2021. Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools.

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Ivorian healthtech startup Susu has $1M to scale its family-centric insurance product across Africa

TechCrunch

Bola Bardet founded the company with Laurent Leconte (CTO) and Sandrine Egron (COO) after losing her father to complications from a chronic health condition due to poor management. “My The health issue was a complication from his hypertension that was poorly managed,” Bardet told TechCrunch over a call.

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Gusto: The People Platform for SMBs

Y Combinator

And for employees, Gusto’s goal is to help put the individual in the driver’s seat of their financial health and their career. In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. With its software up and running, Gusto needed to figure out its go-to-market strategy.