Healthcare AI Guy Weekly | 6/3

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Meeker on AI

Mary Meeker, the legendary internet analyst turned VC, just released her first Trends report since 2019: a 340-page breakdown of the AI revolution. Meeker called out the unprecedented growth of ChatGPT, especially outside the U.S., as proof that AI is reshaping global tech dynamics faster than any shift she’s seen across the PC, internet, or cloud eras. The report spans consumer behavior, developer ecosystems, and global geopolitics. But the healthcare takeaways were just as striking:

• Abridge is surging in healthcare. Jumped from $50M to $117M in ARR in 5 months, driven by Kaiser and 25,000+ clinicians using its ambient scribe tech.

• Kaiser is all-in on ambient AI. Over 10,000 doctors now use AI scribes, logging 2.5M+ visits to ease documentation and improve patient care.

• Big Tech execs eyeing healthcare. Amazon, Google, NVIDIA and other CEO’s see AI transforming care delivery, from primary care to drug discovery.

• FDA is fast-tracking AI tools. 223 AI-enabled devices approved; full internal AI adoption across FDA centers is slated for June 2025.

• AI is slashing drug discovery time. Startups like Cradle are cutting preclinical R&D from years to months, up to 12x faster.

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How healthcare leaders see AI

Venrock’s 2025 Healthcare Prognosis captures how insiders are thinking about the future of the industry, and it’s a mix of optimism and caution. Based on a survey of 278 leaders across startups, payers, providers, and investors, the biggest bet on AI is its ability to cut administrative costs (39%), followed by improving care and unlocking insights from patient-specific data. Notably, 71% believe it’s better to embed AI into existing companies than to build net-new AI startups. But while enthusiasm for AI is strong, most don’t expect a wave of M&A or IPOs until 2026. The mood is still cautious, with concerns about regulation, leadership, and economic headwinds still top of mind. Bottom line: AI is a bright spot but it’s the quiet integrations, not the loud startups, that will define the next wave. (link)

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Sequoia AI Ascent 2025

At Sequoia’s AI Ascent 2025 Keynote, the message was loud and clear: AI is a bigger deal than the cloud or mobile ever were, and the next wave is all about agents doing real work behind the scenes. Sequoia’s backing a group of startups that aren’t just adding AI to the edges, they’re embedding it into how care gets delivered. From cutting admin time to making sure patients actually get follow-up care, these tools are changing the game. Sequoia’s top healthcare AI bets:

• Abridge – Turns conversations into structured clinical notes

• Anterior – Automates prior auth and admin workflows

• Bunkerhill Health – Flags risk and initiates follow-up care

• Freed – AI medical scribe assistant

• OpenEvidence – Surfaces clinical answers from trusted research

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Tools & Partnerships 🔧

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

TOOLS

• Epic launches Launchpad to accelerate generative AI adoption in healthcare: The new program helps health systems implement AI tools by offering operational support, governance guidance, and a starter kit of ten AI use cases. Over 370 Epic customers have already adopted at least one generative AI feature. (link)

• Walmart launches AI platform to promote healthier eating: The new tool, Everyday Health Signals, uses shoppers' Walmart.com purchase data to generate personalized nutrition insights and shopping lists. It launched with NationsBenefits for MA members, with plans to expand to other insurers. (link)

• New startup enlists doctors to improve clinical AI accuracy: Automate.clinic, founded by Jay Parkinson, just launched and has physicians review and correct flawed AI outputs, adding clinical reasoning and links to guidelines to help train safer models. (link)

• Innovaccer launches Gravity to unify healthcare data for AI adoption: Gravity connects clinical, financial, and operational data through 400+ pre-built connectors, creating a single source of truth to help health systems scale AI and accelerate ROI. (link)

• Ambience Healthcare says AI scribe beats physicians in coding accuracy: Ambience’s new model, trained with OpenAI’s reinforcement tuning, showed a 27% relative improvement in ICD-10 coding over physician benchmarks, improving both documentation and billing accuracy. (link)

• TigerConnect debuts CareConduit to streamline care team workflows: CareConduit automates communication and task routing across hospital systems, reducing manual work and notification fatigue by delivering timely, actionable info to the right care team members. (link)

• FDA clears Hyperfine’s Optive AI software for low-field brain imaging: Hyperfine received clearance for Optive AI, its next-gen software that enhances image quality in the Swoop MRI system, supporting better brain imaging with ultra-low-field technology. (link)

PARTNERSHIPS

• K Health + Mayo Clinic: K Health’s AI Physician Mode is now a qualified solution on the Mayo Clinic Platform, expanding access to over 2,500 PCPs and 31 health systems with its AI-powered intake, charting, and point-of-care clinical insights. (link)

• Sanford Health + Roche Diagnostics: Sanford Health is the first U.S. system to adopt Roche’s Molecular Process Optimization tech, combining automation and software to speed molecular testing and expand access to advanced diagnostics for high-need patients. (link)

• Northwell Health + AssistIQ: Northwell is deploying AssistIQ’s AI-powered computer vision platform to track high-cost surgical supplies in real time, aiming to reduce waste, optimize billing, and eliminate long-standing blind spots in supply chain visibility. (link)

• ASCO + Google Cloud: ASCO and Google Cloud launched a genAI assistant that surfaces relevant oncology guidelines in response to clinician questions, enhancing point-of-care decision-making. (link)

• Charta Health + KidsCare + Third Eye Health: Charta Health’s pre-bill automation platform cut KidsCare’s clinical management workload by 25% in 90 days and enabled Third Eye Health to move from partial to 100% chart review coverage before claim submission. (link)

• Altais + Autonomize AI: Altais is rolling out Autonomize AI’s copilots to streamline administrative and clinical workflows across its care delivery network. (link)

Deal Desk 💸 

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

FUNDING

• Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, has raised $650M in a funding round that values the company at $9B pre-money. (link)

• OpenEvidence, an AI medical assistant, is rumored to be raising over $100M at a $3B valuation. GV and Kleiner Perkins are in talks to lead the round, though details are still being finalized. (link)(tweet)

• Vivodyne, a Philadelphia-based clinical testing robotics platform, raised $40M in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led the round and was joined by Lingotto Investment Management, Helena Capital, Fortius Ventures, and existing investors Kairos Ventures, CS Ventures, Bison Ventures, and MBX Capital. (link)

• AssistIQ, a Montreal-based AI-powered healthcare supply management platform, raised $11.5M in Series A funding. Battery Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investor Tamarind Hill. (link)

• R1 RCM, a revenue cycle management platform, received an investment from Khosla Ventures after launching its AI lab R37 with Palantir to develop agentic AI workers for revenue cycle automation. (link)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Superpower + Base: Superpower is buying at-home lab testing company Base, which provides at-home blood and saliva tests to help consumers improve habits like their sleep and diet with personalized lifestyle recommendations. (link)

Other Relevant News 🔍

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

• OpenAI’s $6.5B acquisition & healthbench accelerate health AI capabilities (link)

• Why AI may be listening in on your next doctor’s appointment (link)

• Digital health companions: where caregivers can’t go (link)

• The AI-powered future of health: insights from Microsoft leaders (link)

• State of AI in the enterprise report from Box (link)

• A formula for AI in companies (link)

• Cool LLM visualization (link)

AI Job Opportunities 💼 

Contact us to feature roles in our newsletter…

• Engineering Manager at Abridge, an AI platform for clinical conversations

  $211 - $243K | NYC / Hybrid (link)

• Product Manager at Tennr, a healthcare document automation platform

  $165 - $220K | NYC (link)

• Founding Engineer at Autoblocks AI, an LLM proactive testing startup

  $NA | NYC (link)

• Founding GTM/Growth at Oncare, an AI clinical ops platform for cancer care

  $NA | Remote (link)

• AI Care Program Manager at Akido Labs, an AI assistant for providers

  $110 - $120K | Los Angeles (link)

Visuals of the Week 📸

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