166 - How AI and Politics Are Quietly Reshaping the Future of Healthcare
Description
In this episode, hosts Marcus and Vic break down a packed week of headlines, starting with political shifts following recent elections and how emerging Democratic leaders could reshape the party. They discuss the economy’s resilience despite tariffs, inflated stock valuations, and rising layoffs attributed to AI. The conversation covers major venture capital moves in health tech, policy updates from Trump’s negotiations on weight-loss drugs to FDA scandals, and the ongoing battle between payers and providers in healthcare. They also unpack the surging GLP-1 drug market, Pfizer’s decline, the rise of AI in finance and crypto, OpenAI’s latest controversies, and the ethical dilemmas of voice cloning and AI-generated content. The episode closes on the dangers of deepfakes and why every family needs a code word for protection.
Links
3:09 - How the U.S. Economy Has Defied Doomsday Predictions on Tariffs WSJ
4:08 - This Famous Method of Valuing Stocks Is Pointing Toward Some Rough Years Ahead WSJ
6:15 - Challenger Report: 153,074 Job Cuts on Cost-Cutting & AI Challenger website
8:11 - Tala Health Secures $100M to Scale AI-Native Healthcare Platform HIT
9:30 - Redesign, Mayo Clinic back surgical triage startup Corvus Fierce Healthcare
9:58 - Hippocratic AI lands $126M series C to expand patient-facing AI agents, fuel acquisition deals Fierce Healthcare
11:05 - SteelSky Ventures Leads Investment in myLaurel to Redefine Acute and Transitional Care at Home WV News
12:00 - Boomerang Ventures Leads Oversubscribed $2M Seed Round Investment in SiteLabs to Transform Independent Pharmacies into Frontline Hubs for Preventive Care and Research WRAL
13:13 - CoMind raises $60 million in Series A funding Healthcare Today
13:59 - Sequoia Capital Leader Exits in VC Shake-Up WSJ
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