Spotlight

Oliver Keown, MD, Oath Surgical 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I trained as a physician in the UK’s NHS, which taught me early that healthcare doesn’t have to be expensive to be good—but it does have to be efficient and focused on outcomes. Over time, I found myself […]

Michael Gao, Alpaca 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. My journey into entrepreneurship is rooted in my family’s legacy of small business ownership. Growing up hearing about my grandfather’s small shop and my father’s early ventures in IT consulting, I learned firsthand the challenges—and rewards—of building a business. Before

Karl Iagnemma, Vecna Robotics 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I’ve built my career at the intersection of robotics, AI, and entrepreneurship, bringing autonomous systems from research to real-world deployment. As co-founder and CEO of nuTonomy, I led the launch of the world’s first public robotaxi pilots in Singapore,

Autumn-Kyoko Cushman, ShiftRx 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I initially started my career with the intention of going into medicine, and served as a Hospital Corpsman in the US Navy for nearly 5 years stationed in Washington DC. Working on the nursing side while enrolled in my undergraduate

Eric Steege, Olli Health 1) What is Olli Health? Medical claims coding presents an ideal application for AI due to its repetitive nature, relatively low risk, and potential for significant cost savings. With AI, healthcare providers can realize clear and immediate ROI by automating coding processes. However, delivering true autonomous coding—where AI consistently handles coding

Ramji Srinivasan, Co-founder and CEO, Teiko 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I’m an accidental life-science entrepreneur.  My cofounders at Counsyl, my previous company, asked me to be in the field, back when I was thinking of doing something on the mobile internet.  In fact, I still don’t think

Katherine Allen, Flo Recruit 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. My co-founder, Atreya, and I started the company in college when we showed up to in-person recruiting events and noticed large companies were using paper sign in sheets, while student orgs on our campus had digital ways to recruit.

Manu Sharma, Labelbox 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I co-founded Labelbox with Brian Reiger and Dan Rasmuson in 2018. The idea came from insights we uncovered while working at our respective companies at the time. I was at Planet Labs, one of the leading geospatial satellite imaging companies.

Chris Olmanson, Beaming Health 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. I worked at UnitedHealth Group for 4 years and saw how terrible navigating healthcare can be. I also saw how you can change someone’s life by helping them get the care they need. I want to work on problems

Meena Mallipeddi, AmplifyMD 1) Tell us about your background and how/why you started the company. My husband and co-founder, Anand, and I come from healthcare and technology backgrounds, but grew up surrounded by physicians on both sides of the family. Through them, we saw first hand the frustrations and negative impacts, both financial and clinical,