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Gravity Rail has officially launched with a $2.75M seed investment led by Redesign Health.The platform functions as a model-agnostic operating system, allowing healthcare teams to build and manage AI engagement workflows across voice, SMS, email, and web without writing code.Unlike outsourced "black box" solutions, Gravity Rail enables operations teams to translate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) into live AI infrastructure using natural language.Early deployments
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Kipu Health Acquires Team Recovery Technologies to Unify the Entire Behavioral Health Patient Journey
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Kipu Health has officially acquired Team Recovery Technologies, a specialist in mobile-app-based patient engagement and alumni connectivity. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition extends Kipu’s platform beyond clinical treatment and billing into referral growth and long-term recovery support.Team Recovery Technologies currently serves over 150 treatment centers across the U.S., focusing on reducing relapse rates and supporting
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ŌURA Acquires Galen AI to Pioneer Unified Health Companion, Merging Clinical Records with Continuous Biometrics
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ŌURA has officially acquired Galen AI, a startup founded by Stanford graduates that specializes in unifying fragmented health data from over ten thousand healthcare systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition allows Oura to integrate medical records, lab results, and medications directly with the continuous biometric data captured by the Oura Ring.Galen AI’s founders and their specialized AI infrastructure will join the Oura team
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Infinitus Systems Launches “Studio”: The First No-Code AI Agent Builder Purpose-Built for Healthcare Complexity
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Infinitus Studio allows healthcare teams to design and deploy AI agents using a natural-language interface, requiring zero coding knowledge.The platform delivers significant performance gains, including 90% faster deployment and 40% higher accuracy compared to manually built agents.A core feature called Agent Response Control (ARC) provides patent-pending safety guardrails that automatically detect sensitive topics, ensuring 100% compliance in agent behavior.Early
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Courier Health Raises $50M to Solve Biopharma’s Data Fragmentation
The Biopharma Bottleneck: Why Courier Health Raised $50M to Fix Fragmented Patient Journeys
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The Funding: New York-based Courier Health has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors Norwest and Work-Bench.The Clinical Disconnect: Despite massive clinical innovation in life sciences, getting patients prescribed to actually start and stay on their medications is a logistical nightmare. According to the 2026
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Treehub Launches Stanford-Adjacent AI Health Residency for Early-Stage Academic Founders
Treehub Launches as Premier Academic Residency to Bridge the Gap Between Breakthrough Labs and Billion-Dollar Healthcare Ventures
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Treehub is a first-of-its-kind boutique residency program located in Los Altos, specifically designed to scout and fund early-stage founders emerging from university ecosystems.The program is backed by the AI Health Fund, which serves as the venture arm and provides the "first check" commitment to every Treehub company, often prior to formal
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Why UT Austin is Building an ‘AI-Native’ Hospital from Scratch
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The Launch: The University of Texas at Austin has announced the UT Dell Medical Center, a comprehensive, "tech-native" academic medical center slated to open in 2030.The MD Anderson Integration: Central to the facility's clinical strategy is a unique collaboration with UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, which will be fully integrated into the Austin campus to deliver elite, coordinated care for complex conditions.The "Greenfield" Tech Stack: Because the hospital is being built
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The Casino Model: Why Medtech VCs Are Betting Billions on Unproven AI
Last week I ended up at a fancy venue hired by a hopeful medtech company trying to impress potential investors with delicious food and an emotional story about their life-saving device. Pitching has become performance art. Founders deliver sharp decks, polished demos, bold promises of “AI-powered transformation,” impressive market sizes, and superior outcomes. What all these startups usually have in common is a near-fanatical belief in the importance, capabilities, and value of their product -
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AcuityMD Secures $80M to Bring Agentic AI to MedTech Sales
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The Funding: AcuityMD has secured an $80M Series C led by StepStone Group, with participation from Benchmark, Redpoint Ventures, ICONIQ, and Atreides Management. The company has now raised over $160M and boasts a $955M valuation.The Market Traction: The platform is currently used by over 400 MedTech companies, including 16 of the top 20 global organizations. To date, AcuityMD has helped customers identify over $34 billion in pipeline.The Agentic AI Rollout: AcuityMD is
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Yelp Partners with Zocdoc to Launch Real-Time Healthcare Appointment Booking
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The Partnership: Zocdoc has officially partnered with Yelp to allow patients to book medical appointments directly from a doctor's Yelp business page.The Tech Integration: The booking experience is powered entirely by Zocdoc's scheduling infrastructure. It is currently live on Yelp’s iOS app via provider business pages and through Yelp Assistant, the platform’s new AI-powered chatbot.The Rollout: While currently available on iOS, booking from business pages will expand to
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