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As 2023 comes to a close, Jay Rughani, investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss his takeaways from the year, noteworthy events, recommendations for regulators forming rules around AI in...
Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at the Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week.
Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will help radiologists and...
Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, launched with $50 million in seed funding.
The funding round was co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.
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Hippocratic AI is building a large language model for healthcare, initially concentrating on non-diagnostic, patient-facing applications. The company is focusing on...
Mental health platform Headway today announced it has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from Thrive, GV and Accel.
Coming in six months after its $26 million Series A round, Headway now boasts $103 million in total funding and a new valuation of $750 million.
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Headway operates a platform connecting patients to in-...
Watertown, Massachusetts-based Firefly Health has closed its $40 million Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The health navigation and concierge platform also got backing from previous investors F-Prime Capital and Oak HC/FT.
Along with the funding, the company has added a16z General Partner Julie Yoo to its board of directors, which is led by Jonathan Bush, cofounder and former...
Yesterday morning Cedar, maker of an intelligent patient billing platform, announced a whopping $102 million Series C funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The company has a record of major funding rounds – starting with a $13 million Series A round back in 2017, shortly followed by a Series B round worth $42 million in 2018.
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The company focuses on helping to guide patients...
This morning Boston-based startup PatientPing scored $60 million in Series C funding to propel the expansion of its care-coordination app. Andreessen Horowitz, F-Prime Capital, GV, and Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors.
This news comes nearly four years after PatientPing closed its $31.6 million Series B round in 2016, which was also led by Andreesen...
Ciitizen, a tech startup focused building easy-to-share digital health records, has raised $17 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional participation from Verily and Section 32. With these investments, Andreessen Horowitz’s Bio fund General Manager Vijay Pande will be joining Ciitizen’s board of directors, while Section 32's Michael Pellini and Verily...
Ciitizen, the health records tech company founded by ex-Appler Anil Sethi, has raised $3 million from Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Bio Fund. While Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Vijay Pande confirmed the investment in a blog post, the amount was reported by CNBC and hasn't been confirmed by MobiHealthNews.
A relatively young startup, Ciitizen is currently known mostly for the pedigree of its...
It would be hard to argue that that there is a dearth of artificial intelligence platforms trying to get into the healthcare game. But it isn’t just developers deciding where the industry is heading; it's also up to the healthcare players holding the purse strings.
“Investors get a different view into technology than a lot of folks, and the decisions they make about where to put capital have big...