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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Aug 11, 2026

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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Lisa Suennen has invested in health innovation for over three decades – and she says the math hasn't changed. In this Expert AMA, the AHA Ventures managing partner shares where she's leaning in across heart and brain health, why she's wary of AI-for-AI's-sake, and the one thing she says matters more than any pitch deck. StartUp Health members were in the room for the live Q&A that followed.

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

Aug 11, 2026

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

A fireside chat with Microsoft's Kimmi Grewal on data, speed, and what it really takes for health innovators to win with AI

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Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Aug 7, 2026

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Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Microsoft VP Kimmi Grewal joins Unity Stoakes to unpack why workflow and data – not the model – are the real differentiator for health AI startups.

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

Jul 24, 2026

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

In a members-only Fireside Chat, Holly Maloney told StartUp Health why GC bought a hospital system, where AI is finally showing up at the point of care, and what she needs to hear from founders in the first five minutes.

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Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

Jul 23, 2026

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Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

General Catalyst manages more than $40B across AI, global resilience, and health assurance – and its boldest healthcare move yet was buying Summa Health outright. In this interactive members-only chat, Holly Maloney, who leads GC's health assurance investing practice, tells Unity Stoakes why partnership beats building around incumbents, how AI is finally reaching the point of care, and what she's listening for from founders at the seed stage.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: What the Knicks championship can teach public health about playing the long game

Jul 9, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: What the Knicks championship can teach public health about playing the long game

Luminary Labs founding partner Sara Holoubek opened the Civic Health Forum with a call to reorient public health and prevention around America's aging population – and a reminder that the last era of major health policy progress happened the same year the Knicks last won it all.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: How Providers Are Redesigning Care from Within

Jul 6, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: How Providers Are Redesigning Care from Within

Three leaders at different points in the innovation pipeline on why the best ideas start at the bedside not the boardroom and what it really takes to turn frontline ideas into scaled solutions.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Catalyzing Change Through Founder-Led Innovation

Jul 3, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Catalyzing Change Through Founder-Led Innovation

Three founders on building health startups for the patients the system leaves out, from a WhatsApp front door in Mexico to a public health platform that takes no equity.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Why Prevention Should Be Treated as National Infrastructure

Jul 2, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Why Prevention Should Be Treated as National Infrastructure

Three leaders who've shaped public health, hospital AI, and federal innovation policy make the case that the biggest health breakthrough isn't a new drug. It's the infrastructure we haven't built yet.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: JAMA Network Editor in Chief on AI, Evidence & the Future of Prevention

Jul 1, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: JAMA Network Editor in Chief on AI, Evidence & the Future of Prevention

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, the Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, sat down with Unity Stoakes at the inaugural Civic Health Forum to explore what it will take for health innovation to translate into real health outcomes for real people.

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The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

Jun 25, 2026

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The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

As director of caregiver support services at Mass General's FTD Unit – and a caregiver herself for more than 18 years – Katie Brandt brings a perspective no dataset can replicate. Here is what she wants founders building in the Alzheimer's and caregiving space to understand.

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No one sees the caregiver in the room: What Mass General's Katie Brandt wants founders to know

Jun 25, 2026

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No one sees the caregiver in the room: What Mass General's Katie Brandt wants founders to know

For founders building in the Alzheimer's, dementia, and caregiving space, these insights will reframe how you think about your end user.

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Jun 11, 2026

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Oura's VP of Women's Health and Commercial Partnerships joined StartUp Health for a candid fireside chat on why women's health has finally grown up as a category, what it takes to build clinical credibility through partnerships, and the hard-won founder lesson she wishes she had learned earlier.

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Building women's health from the inside out: Fireside Chat highlights with Jill Angelo of Oura

Jun 11, 2026

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Building women's health from the inside out: Fireside Chat highlights with Jill Angelo of Oura

A curated look at key insights from our live member fireside chat with Oura's VP of Women's Health and Commercial Partnerships.

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More Time to Be Human: Esther Dyson on AI, Human Limits, and the Healthcare We’re Not Building

Jun 5, 2026

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More Time to Be Human: Esther Dyson on AI, Human Limits, and the Healthcare We’re Not Building

In a wide-ranging community fireside chat, investor, thinker, and StartUp Health Impact Board member Esther Dyson made the case for limits as a feature, not a flaw, and pushed health innovators to ask harder questions about what they're actually building.

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What CMS Wants Health Tech Founders to Know About the Future of Medicare

May 18, 2026

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What CMS Wants Health Tech Founders to Know About the Future of Medicare

In an interactive fireside chat with 50 StartUp Health community members, CMS Deputy Administrator Abe Sutton shared his unfiltered view of where federal healthcare payment is heading and what it means for technology innovators building in the Medicare space.

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What It Takes to Turn Health Innovation Into Impact, According to Cleveland Clinic's Jerry Wilmink

Apr 20, 2026

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What It Takes to Turn Health Innovation Into Impact, According to Cleveland Clinic's Jerry Wilmink

The former startup founder and current Director of Business Development at Cleveland Clinic Innovations shares his thoughts on AI, augmented reality, and why the best partnerships start early.

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What the Age of Superintelligence Means for Health Tech: A Conversation with Julie Yoo of a16z

Apr 10, 2026

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What the Age of Superintelligence Means for Health Tech: A Conversation with Julie Yoo of a16z

In a fireside chat held for members of the StartUp Health community, a16z General Partner Julie Yoo shared her unfiltered view of a watershed moment in health innovation, from compound business models and shifting investor expectations to the case for infinite healthcare.

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Healthcare Will Benefit Most from AI. Here's Why. | Julie Yoo of a16z

Apr 9, 2026

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Healthcare Will Benefit Most from AI. Here's Why. | Julie Yoo of a16z

a16z General Partner Julie Yoo joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes for a wide-ranging conversation with an interactive audience of StartUp Health community members on why healthcare is positioned to benefit from AI more than any other industry, and what that means for the founders building right now.

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7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

Mar 20, 2026

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7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone

In an exclusive member-only chat, the 7wire Ventures partner shared her unfiltered perspective on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

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What It Really Takes to Build in Healthcare: Alyssa Jaffee of 7wire Ventures

Mar 20, 2026

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What It Really Takes to Build in Healthcare: Alyssa Jaffee of 7wire Ventures

In these highlights from an in-depth community conversation, 7wire Ventures partner Alyssa Jaffee shares her unfiltered take on founder-investor fit, the evidence era, AI's real role in health tech, and why the keys to the kingdom are held by payers.

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From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

Feb 13, 2026

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From Pre-Diabetic Triathlete to Metabolic Health Pioneer: Sami Inkinen’s Health Moonshot with Virta Health

At Apollo House 2026, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, joined Steven Krein for a candid fireside chat on reversing metabolic disease, scaling a mission-driven company, and building AI into the DNA of an organization.

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes at Scale: Virta CEO on AI, Nutrition, & the Future of Metabolic Health

Feb 12, 2026

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes at Scale: Virta CEO on AI, Nutrition, & the Future of Metabolic Health

At Apollo House 2026, StartUp Health community member Sami Inkinen, CEO & Founder of Virta Health, joined Steven Krein for a candid fireside chat on reversing metabolic disease, scaling a mission-driven company, and building AI into the DNA of an organization.

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Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Vinod Khosla & Unity Stoakes at Apollo House

Feb 6, 2026

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Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Vinod Khosla & Unity Stoakes at Apollo House

At Apollo House 2026, Unity Stoakes sat down with entrepreneur, investor, and technologist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures for a wide-ranging fireside chat on what AI platform shifts mean for healthcare. Khosla traces the arc from the microprocessor to the internet to mobile, then argues that today’s AI wave is larger than any prior platform change, with implications that could bring high-quality care to billions.They explore why “copilots” can underperform in complex clinical work, what an “AI intern” model could look like in practice, and why trust, supervision, and fit-for-purpose guardrails matter. In a live exchange with Esther Dyson, the conversation also turns to the human element of care, empathy, and what “real” health support should include beyond diagnosis.

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Vinod Khosla on Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Build Trust, Then Let AI Scale Care

Feb 6, 2026

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Vinod Khosla on Health Moonshots in the Age of Superintelligence: Build Trust, Then Let AI Scale Care

At Apollo House 2026, entrepreneur, investor, and technologist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures joined Unity Stoakes to map what the AI platform shift means for healthcare and why the winning playbook starts with supervision, trust, and bold imagination.

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