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Inside the APOLLO HOUSE Panel: Rebuilding the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Jan 27, 2026

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5 min read

Inside the APOLLO HOUSE Panel: Rebuilding the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

An all-star panel at StartUp Health’s Apollo House explores how AI, data, and human intention are reshaping the modern health stack and accelerating health moonshots. Senior leaders from AWS, NVIDIA, Amazon, Labcorp, and Advocate Health offered a rare, cross-sector view of how superintelligence is moving healthcare from theory to practice – and what this moment demands of builders and institutions alike to keep care human as technology scales.

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StartUp Health Event

Live from Apollo House: Building the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Jan 27, 2026

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5 min read

Live from Apollo House: Building the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Recorded live at StartUp Health’s Apollo House during JPM Healthcare Week, this panel brings together leaders operating at the intersection of healthcare delivery, diagnostics, cloud infrastructure, and AI. Moderated by Angela Shippy, MD, of Amazon Web Services, the conversation explores how AI is moving from point solutions to foundational infrastructure across the modern health stack.

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Jan 27, 2026

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7 min read

Salvo Health Raises $8.5M Series A for GI and Metabolic Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 27, 2026

This week, StartUp Health community member Salvo Health announced a Series A round to scale its AI-enabled hybrid care model for gastrointestinal and metabolic care, helping providers deliver continuous, more efficient treatment beyond the clinic. The round anchored a blockbuster week in global health innovation funding, with massive raises across AI, digital care delivery, biotech, and medical infrastructure spanning the US, Europe, and India.

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Inside VIBEcare: Indira Paharia, PsyD, on Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care

Jan 23, 2026

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3 min read

Inside VIBEcare: Indira Paharia, PsyD, on Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care

Primary care is the front line of behavioral health. In this conversation, StartUp Health community member Indira Paharia, PsyD, CEO & Co-founder of VIBEcare, shares why integrated behavioral care must live inside primary care, how virtual models remove access barriers, and what it takes to scale evidence-based care where patients already seek help.

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Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care: A Conversation with Indira Paharia, PsyD, of VIBEcare

Jan 23, 2026

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3 min read

Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care: A Conversation with Indira Paharia, PsyD, of VIBEcare

Behavioral health conditions are rising, providers are burned out, and primary care is carrying the load. In this episode, Unity Stoakes sit down with StartUp Health community member Indira Paharia, PsyD, CEO & Co-founder of VIBEcare, to explore how virtual, integrated behavioral health can transform care delivery at scale.

Mental & Behavioral Health Moonshot

Podcast

Understanding the Players & Market - Manuel Kraus's Health Transformer Experience

Jan 23, 2026

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2 min read

Understanding the Players & Market - Manuel Kraus's Health Transformer Experience

StartUp Health community member Manuel Kraus shares how the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot Community has helped MindAhead connect with fellow founders and experts, giving them deeper insight into market dynamics and key players in dementia care. These relationships are supporting their mission to bring digital behavioral therapy to people in the earliest stages of cognitive decline.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Connecting with Like-Minded Innovators - Anna Berdine's Health Transformer Experience

Jan 22, 2026

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2 min read

Connecting with Like-Minded Innovators - Anna Berdine's Health Transformer Experience

StartUp Health community member Anna Berdine of Alamar Biosciences shares how being part of the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot community has strengthened the company's mission to enable the earliest detection of disease. She highlights how collaboration with like-minded innovators supports the scaling of Alamar’s high sensitivity multiplex platform and helps advance patient care.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

NeuroEM Therapeutics Aims to Reverse Alzheimer’s Decline with a Noninvasive Wearable

Jan 22, 2026

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2 min read

NeuroEM Therapeutics Aims to Reverse Alzheimer’s Decline with a Noninvasive Wearable

StartUp Health community member Amanda Patanow, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at NeuroEM Therapeutics, shares how the company is working to stop and reverse cognitive decline from Alzheimer’s without drugs. She explains how current therapies provide only modest slowing of decline and often carry significant side effects, while NeuroEM has developed the first at-home, noninvasive wearable headset that restores healthy brain function by targeting core biological drivers through transcranial electromagnetic treatment.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI | Health Moonshot Update

Jan 20, 2026

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3 min read

datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI | Health Moonshot Update

In a market moving at AI speed, evidence cannot take a year. StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX Digital Health Labs is transforming how digital health teams validate their solutions, delivering buyer-credible evidence and real market traction in months, not years.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Health Moonshot Update

From Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation

Jan 20, 2026

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1 min read

From Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation

Digital health is moving at AI speed, but evidence generation is still stuck in the past.

Access to Care Moonshot

Podcast

Jan 20, 2026

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6 min read

Funding Fuels AI-Native Biotech and Precision Care Worldwide | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 20, 2026

From AI-driven drug discovery and precision diagnostics to autism care, neuromodulation, and clinical workflow automation, this week’s global funding underscores how data-driven approaches are reshaping health innovation across multiple markets and care settings.

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Inside datosX: The Future of Digital Health Validation and AI-Driven Evidence

Jan 20, 2026

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1 min read

Inside datosX: The Future of Digital Health Validation and AI-Driven Evidence

What if digital health validation could happen in months, not years? In this conversation, StartUp Health community member Robin Roberts of datosX explains how his team is building the category-defining infrastructure for digital health evidence. From faster validation and lower costs to AI-powered intelligence with EVIDIA, this interview reveals how datosX is accelerating innovation, strengthening trust, and reshaping how new health solutions reach patients and providers.

Access to Care Moonshot

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Advancing Early Detection of Alzheimer’s with Veravas’ Active Tau Blood Test

Jan 16, 2026

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2 min read

Advancing Early Detection of Alzheimer’s with Veravas’ Active Tau Blood Test

StartUp Health community member Chris Mirro, Chief Growth Officer of Veravas, shares how the team is empowering patients and providers with earlier and more accurate detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies. He explains how their Verabind tau test is the only blood test that measures active tau pathology, allowing detection even before clinical symptoms appear. Chris highlights the milestone launch of the test as an LDT in 2025 and their AAIC presentation demonstrating a 96% agreement with tau PET scans, which helped accelerate global recognition. He also reflects on the value of the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot Community in connecting Veravas with peers and experts who strengthen their capabilities. Looking ahead to 2026, Veravas seeks strategic partners in clinical trials and diagnostics across pharmaceutical organizations to advance widespread adoption.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

MindAhead: Improving Quality of Life and Slowing Cognitive Decline for People with Early Dementia

Jan 15, 2026

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2 min read

MindAhead: Improving Quality of Life and Slowing Cognitive Decline for People with Early Dementia

StartUp Health community member Manuel Kraus, Co-founder of MindAhead, shares how his team is improving quality of life and slowing symptomatic progression for people with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. He explains how many individuals withdraw from daily activities, which accelerates decline, and how MindAhead addresses this with digital behavioral therapy designed specifically for early cognitive challenges.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

APOLLO HOUSE Recap: Uniting Bold Innovators, Investors, Big Tech, and Health Leaders to Tackle Health Moonshots in the Age of AI

Jan 14, 2026

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5 min read

APOLLO HOUSE Recap: Uniting Bold Innovators, Investors, Big Tech, and Health Leaders to Tackle Health Moonshots in the Age of AI

A standing-room-only signal from JPM Healthcare Week.

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Thought Leadership

StartUp Health Event

Jan 13, 2026

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11 min read

Alamar Biosciences and Pramana Pharmaceuticals Gain Alzheimer’s Moonshot Momentum | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 13, 2026

This week’s global health innovation funding highlights new investments in Alzheimer’s Moonshot Community members Alamar Biosciences and Pramana Pharmaceuticals, followed by a surge of rounds across precision medicine, AI-driven drug discovery, digital health, medical devices, and care delivery throughout North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

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Clinical, Scalable, Human: How MUTU System Is Changing Women’s Health | Health Moonshot Update

Jan 13, 2026

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11 min read

Clinical, Scalable, Human: How MUTU System Is Changing Women’s Health | Health Moonshot Update

StartUp Health community member Wendy Powell, CEO & Founder of MUTU System, has built a clinically-validated digital platform for core and pelvic health that is reshaping care pathways across the NHS, workplaces, and households worldwide. Now she is focused on reaching millions more women through strategic partners and distributors.

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Women’s Health Moonshot

Health Moonshot Update

Inside MUTU System: Clinical Validation, Real Outcomes, and a Global Mission to Transform Core & Pelvic Health for Women

Jan 13, 2026

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3 min read

Inside MUTU System: Clinical Validation, Real Outcomes, and a Global Mission to Transform Core & Pelvic Health for Women

Pelvic health conditions affect millions of women, yet most are told to simply cope.

Women’s Health Moonshot

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Solving Silent Pain: The MUTU System Approach to Women's Core and Pelvic Health

Jan 13, 2026

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3 min read

Solving Silent Pain: The MUTU System Approach to Women's Core and Pelvic Health

Pelvic health conditions affect millions of women, yet most are told to simply cope. In this Health Moonshot Update conversation, CEO & Founder Wendy Powell shares how she built MUTU System into a clinically-validated digital platform that improves pelvic floor function, core strength, and overall quality of life. A StartUp Health community member since 2022, Wendy discusses the platform’s NHS evaluated outcomes, why community engagement drives lasting change, and how employers and health systems are adopting MUTU at scale. A must watch for anyone working in women’s health, digital therapeutics, or workplace wellbeing.

Women’s Health Moonshot

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StartUp Health and Digital Health Hub Foundation Align 2026 Digital Health Awards With Health Moonshots

Jan 13, 2026

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4 min read

StartUp Health and Digital Health Hub Foundation Align 2026 Digital Health Awards With Health Moonshots

A new partnership sets a bold new standard for how digital health innovation is recognized and accelerated.

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StartUp Health Event

Partnership

Jan 9, 2026

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5 min read

Who You Will Hear From at Apollo House

An intimate evening of leadership and conversation during JPM Healthcare Week exploring Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence.

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StartUp Health Event

Accelerated Progress - Dr. Codi Gharagouzloo's Health Transformer Experience

Jan 8, 2026

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2 min read

Accelerated Progress - Dr. Codi Gharagouzloo's Health Transformer Experience

StartUp Health community member Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, shares how the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot Community accelerated Imaginostics’ progress. An introduction from Dr. Phyllis Ferrell directly enabled a clinical partnership for their 96 participant Alzheimer’s and dementia study, one of the company’s most important milestones on the path to validation and commercialization.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Meet the Health Transformers Headed to Apollo House

Jan 8, 2026

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34 min read

Meet the Health Transformers Headed to Apollo House

Next week in San Francisco, founders, funders, and leaders from across the StartUp Health community gather at Apollo House during JPM Healthcare Week to accelerate Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence.

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StartUp Health Event

Mission-Aligned Storytelling and Exposure - Mark Edwards' Health Transformer Experience

Jan 7, 2026

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2 min read

Mission-Aligned Storytelling and Exposure - Mark Edwards' Health Transformer Experience

StartUp Health community member Mark Edwards shares how the Alzheimer’s Health Moonshot Community has elevated awareness of ViewMind through mission-aligned storytelling and exposure. These connections are helping propel their work to transform cognitive health through accessible, noninvasive screening.

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Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

Jan 6, 2026

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4 min read

2026 Funding Kicks Off with Global Momentum in AI, Diagnostics, and Digital Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 6, 2026

Spanning China, Israel, India, the US, Japan, South Korea, and the UK, the year’s first funding report captures a powerful continuation of late-December investment activity, with raises fueling breakthroughs in AI-driven research, cardiovascular care, cancer diagnostics, telehealth, and global public health innovation.

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Inside the APOLLO HOUSE Panel: Rebuilding the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Live from Apollo House: Building the Modern Health Stack in the Age of Superintelligence

Salvo Health Raises $8.5M Series A for GI and Metabolic Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 27, 2026

Inside VIBEcare: Indira Paharia, PsyD, on Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care

Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care: A Conversation with Indira Paharia, PsyD, of VIBEcare

Understanding the Players & Market - Manuel Kraus's Health Transformer Experience

Connecting with Like-Minded Innovators - Anna Berdine's Health Transformer Experience

NeuroEM Therapeutics Aims to Reverse Alzheimer’s Decline with a Noninvasive Wearable

datosX Is Building the Validation Engine for Digital Health in the Age of AI | Health Moonshot Update

From Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation

Funding Fuels AI-Native Biotech and Precision Care Worldwide | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 20, 2026

Inside datosX: The Future of Digital Health Validation and AI-Driven Evidence

Advancing Early Detection of Alzheimer’s with Veravas’ Active Tau Blood Test

MindAhead: Improving Quality of Life and Slowing Cognitive Decline for People with Early Dementia

APOLLO HOUSE Recap: Uniting Bold Innovators, Investors, Big Tech, and Health Leaders to Tackle Health Moonshots in the Age of AI

Alamar Biosciences and Pramana Pharmaceuticals Gain Alzheimer’s Moonshot Momentum | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 13, 2026

Clinical, Scalable, Human: How MUTU System Is Changing Women’s Health | Health Moonshot Update

Inside MUTU System: Clinical Validation, Real Outcomes, and a Global Mission to Transform Core & Pelvic Health for Women

Solving Silent Pain: The MUTU System Approach to Women's Core and Pelvic Health

StartUp Health and Digital Health Hub Foundation Align 2026 Digital Health Awards With Health Moonshots

Who You Will Hear From at Apollo House

Accelerated Progress - Dr. Codi Gharagouzloo's Health Transformer Experience

Meet the Health Transformers Headed to Apollo House

Mission-Aligned Storytelling and Exposure - Mark Edwards' Health Transformer Experience

2026 Funding Kicks Off with Global Momentum in AI, Diagnostics, and Digital Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jan 6, 2026

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