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Here’s what we’re covering this week:

  • Landgrab for consumer and clinician AI

  • Deepfakes in healthcare

  • AI 100: The most promising AI startups of 2026

  • 17 new tools/partnerships, 12 funding updates, new AI jobs & link-worthy content

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Landgrab for consumer and clinician AI

The landgrab for consumer and clinician AI is getting hard to keep up with. Over the past week alone, a wave of companies rolled out new products aimed at becoming the default AI layer for healthcare, whether for doctors, patients, or both:

  • Doximity upgraded DoxGPT into “Ask”: Its clinical AI assistant now runs on a new agentic reasoning model designed to deliver faster, research grounded answers directly inside physician workflows alongside Doximity’s Scribe and Dialer tools. (link)

  • Google DeepMind previewed its AI Co-Clinician: A multi-agent system built around “triadic care,” where AI supports both patients and physicians together. It builds on years of work from MedPaLM and AMIE. (link)

  • Perplexity expanded into medical evidence: Its new Premium Health Sources integrates clinical guidelines and journals from partners like NEJM and BMJ Best Practice. (link)

  • Whoop added clinician access and EHR syncing: Members will soon get on demand video visits, medical record integration, and AI powered coaching tied to continuous biometric tracking. (link)

  • Hims & Hers launched Labs AI: An AI care agent that interprets 130 biomarker tests, identifies trends across lab histories, and generates personalized health insights with clinician oversight. (link)

  • Google folded Fitbit deeper into its AI health strategy: The new Google Health platform combines wearable data, medical records, and third party apps into a single AI powered health hub. Google also launched Fitbit Air, a $99 screenless wearable. (link)

Everyone is making moves to own the interface layer for healthcare AI, whether that is the doctor’s workflow, the consumer health dashboard, or the trusted source sitting in between.

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Deepfakes in healthcare

Doctors are running into a growing deepfake problem as AI videos increasingly use their likeness and voices to promote questionable health products, fake treatments, and medical misinformation online.

The AMA recently called the trend a public health and safety crisis, saying lawmakers should strengthen identity protection laws and push tech platforms to remove impersonation content faster. Some states are already reacting. California now requires disclosures on AI generated political and advertising content and is considering legislation that would explicitly ban doctor deepfakes. Pennsylvania's medical board also sued Character.AI after one of its chatbots posed as a doctor claiming to have a license to practice medicine in the state.

Some of the fakes are becoming alarmingly convincing. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta said AI generated ads using his likeness have even fooled people he knows personally.

Deepfakes could mislead patients, fuel fraud, and further erode trust in healthcare at a time when AI generated content is becoming nearly impossible to distinguish from reality. As AI gets more realistic, trust will be the most valuable asset. (link)

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AI 100: The most promising AI startups of 2026

CB Insights just released the 2026 AI 100, highlighting the world’s top private AI companies. This year, healthcare & life sciences is one of the largest vertical AI categories, with 9 standout startups advancing clinical workflows, drug discovery, research, and more. Below are the healthcare winners. (link)(linkedin)

  • Assort Health — AI voice agents for patient access

  • Boltz — biomolecular AI models for drug discovery

  • Chai Discovery — AI platform for molecule and biologics design

  • Elicit — AI research assistant for scientific literature

  • Ellipsis Health — emotionally intelligent AI care manager

  • Layer Health — AI-powered chart review

  • Penguin Ai — AI automation for healthcare operations

  • Periodic Labs — AI scientists and autonomous labs

  • Qualified Health — enterprise AI platform for health systems

Tools & Partnerships 🔧

Latest on business, consumer, and clinical healthcare AI tools and partnerships…

TOOLS

  • Artera expands agentic AI services: The company launched an AI Services Model to co-build customized workflow solutions directly with providers and health systems. (link)

  • Tether launches on-device medical AI: QVAC MedPsy runs directly on phones and wearables, reducing cloud dependence and enabling private, low-latency medical reasoning. (link)

  • OpenAI reduces health hallucinations: Updated ChatGPT models reportedly cut hallucinated claims on healthcare prompts by over 50%, though concerns about overtrust remain. (link)

  • LLMs tested for prior auth appeals: In the DENIED-AI study, AI-generated imaging appeal letters scored well for quality but still required human oversight due to hallucinations. (link)

  • UnitedHealth cuts prior authorizations: UHG said it is eliminating prior auth requirements for 30% of services while expanding digital automation tools. (link)

  • Assort launches outbound AI outreach: New voice AI agents proactively contact patients for scheduling, referrals, and care gap closure campaigns. (link)

  • Edelman report highlights health misinformation: More than 70% of surveyed respondents believed at least one inaccurate health claim, despite growing use of AI tools. (link)

  • AI may identify ADHD risk earlier: Duke researchers used EHR data from 140,000 children to predict ADHD risk years before traditional diagnosis. (link)

PARTNERSHIPS

  • American Hospital Association + West Health Institute: The AHA and West Health Institute launched a three-year initiative to help health systems scale AI, virtual care, and EHR optimization. (link)

  • Providence + IBM: Providence and IBM deployed an AI HR agent using watsonx to automate hiring and internal workforce management workflows. (link)

  • Wellstar + BD: Wellstar partnered with BD to implement an AI-driven medication management system across care settings. (link)

  • ŌURA + U.S. Open: ŌURA announced a five-year partnership with the U.S. Open alongside new AI-powered hormonal health features. (link)

  • Memorial Hermann + Cadence: Memorial Hermann partnered with Cadence to launch AI-enabled remote patient monitoring for chronic care management. (link)

  • Perplexity + VisualDx: Perplexity partnered with VisualDx to integrate clinician-validated medical imagery into generative AI health search. (link)

  • ThoroughCare + Withings: ThoroughCare partnered with Withings to integrate cellular-connected scales into remote patient monitoring workflows. (link)

  • UNC Health + Evidently: UNC Health deployed Evidently’s clinical data intelligence platform to support chart review and clinical decision-making. (link)

  • Willis Knighton Health + Commure: Willis Knighton Health selected Commure as its enterprise ambient AI scribe vendor. (link)

Deal Desk 💰

Spotlight on latest capital raises, M&A, and investments…

FUNDING

  • Isomorphic Labs, an AI drug discovery company spun out of Google's DeepMind, is in talks to raise more than $2B led by insider Thrive Capital. (link)

  • Sierra, a San Francisco-based developer of AI agents designed for customer experience, raised $950M in funding. Tiger Global and GV led the round and were joined by others. (link)

  • Basata, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based developer of AI agents designed for administrative work in health care, raised $21M in Series A funding. Basis Set Ventures led the round. (link)

  • ParcelBio, a San Francisco-based developer of mRNA medicines, raised $13M in seed funding. Breyer Capital led the round and was joined by General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Metaplanet, SurgePoint Capital, and others. (link)

  • Village, an LA-based health system for pediatric care, raised $9.5M in funding. Upfront Ventures led the round and was joined by Bling Capital, GTMFund, and Perceptive Ventures. (link)

  • Modicus Prime, an Austin, Texas-based pharma compliance platform, raised $8M. Frist Cressey Ventures led, joined by Silverton Partners and Oncology Ventures. (link)

  • XCaliber Health, an agentic AI platform designed to reduce admin burden in healthcare, raised $6.5M in seed funding. ManchesterStory led the round and was joined by Benhamou Global Ventures and Arka Venture Labs. (link)

  • Fathom, an autonomous medical coding company, secured a strategic investment from CVS Health Ventures. (link)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

  • Roche + PathAI: Roche agreed to acquire PathAI for up to $1.05B to expand its AI-powered digital pathology and companion diagnostics capabilities. (link)

  • HealthVerity + Symphony Health: HealthVerity acquired Symphony Health to combine clinical and commercial healthcare data into a unified AI-ready analytics platform. (link)

  • Function Health + SuppCo: Function Health acquired SuppCo to combine diagnostic testing with personalized supplement guidance and wellness recommendations. (link)

  • Carlyle + Knack RCM + EqualizeRCM: Carlyle is acquiring Knack RCM and EqualizeRCM to create an AI-native revenue cycle management platform. (link)

as of 5/10/26

Other Relevant News 🔍

News, podcasts, blogs, tweets, resources, etc…

  • OpenAI releases healthcare AI policy blueprint (link)

  • UnitedHealth is spending $1.5B on AI this year (link)

  • The algorithm will see you now (link)

Visuals of the Week 📸

Funny memes, cool pics, and interesting data from around the web…

That’s it for this week friends! Back to reading — I’ll see you next week.

Stay classy,

— Healthcare AI Guy (X/Twitter | LinkedIn)

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