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February 2, 2025

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Feb
2025

The Future of AI and Health, Part III: Improving Health By Enhancing Agency

Part II of this series is here “Agency,” Harvard’s Zak Kohane and I agree, is the word of 2025.    Kohane’s reasoning: “Patients understand how to increase their agency in their disease journey with often correct and thoughtful instant second opinions from AI.”    This perspective aligns with the opportunities described by A16z VCs Vijay Pande and Marc Andreessen, as...
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2
Feb
2025

The Future of AI and Health, Part II: Andreessen and Colleagues Weigh In

Part I of this series is here. Over its 15 years of existence, the Andreessen Horowitz (“A16z”) venture capital firm has evolved from a media-savvy disruptive upstart to an exceedingly well-heeled incumbent and powerful force in Silicon Valley and the country.  In April 2024, the firm announced a gargantuan $7.2B (with a “B”) fund.  For a typical VC firm with...
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