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In their newly released whitepaper, Medical Devices in the AI Era, Aegis Ventures outlines how the medical device sector has historically underperformed in venture portfolios, remaining completely flat at just 2% to 3% of overall healthcare venture capital since 2018, despite representing a $200 billion annual market.The Software Evolution: The axis of competition is moving from physical hardware ("atoms") to intelligent software ("algorithms"), opening the door to
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Parexel Launches ParexelAI Suite of Human-Led AI Services for Clinical Trials
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Parexel has introduced ParexelAI™, a proprietary suite of human-led AI services designed to accelerate clinical development operations.Quantified Efficiencies: The suite is already delivering a 50% reduction in site selection timelines, a 30% reduction in medical writing for Clinical Study Reports, and a 20% reduction in safety literature screening.Regulatory Acceleration: Through a strategic partnership with Weave Bio, Parexel is reducing Investigational New Drug (IND)
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Healthcare AI Evaluation Frameworks: Moving Beyond Accuracy to Safety and Fairness
AI adoption is rapidly growing in healthcare across everything from clinical documentation to diagnostic imaging, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement. As per the 2023-24 American Hospital Association Information Technology Supplement, predictive AI integrated with EHR systems were already used in 71% of hospitals; this has increased rapidly with the advent of generative AI.
However, many AI deployments tend to fail in the real world, and do not deliver the expected improvements
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Optura Raises $17.5M to Measure Healthcare AI ROI and Performance
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Optura, an enterprise healthcare platform, has announced a $17.5M Series A funding round led by Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $25M.The platform introduces ROAI™ (Return on AI Investment), a discipline designed to help healthcare organizations objectively measure the business value and viability of AI initiatives.Despite the industry spending over $18B on AI this year, approximately 95% of enterprise GenAI pilots have failed to produce measurable
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Shyld AI Secures $13.4M to Scale Agentic AI and Autonomous Disinfection Across U.S. Health Systems
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Shyld AI has closed a $13.4M seed round led by Aulis Capital, marking one of the largest early-stage rounds in the healthcare AI sector.The company is moving beyond "passive" ambient AI to Active Intelligence, deploying Agentic AI systems that take real-time action inside physical hospital environments.Flagship Technology: The system combines AI with UV-C light technology to autonomously disinfect rooms; a Stanford University study found it reduced contamination by more
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Chromie Health Raises $2M to Automate Hospital Operations via AI Agent “Dispatch”
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Chromie Health, a provider of AI-powered hospital management tools, has closed a $2M pre-seed round led by AIX Ventures.The company has launched Chromie Dispatch, an SMS-native AI agent that fills internal nursing shift gaps in under five minutes—a process that typically takes five hours manually.There is currently a waitlist of 750 hospitals seeking to implement the platform.Chronic nursing shortages and turnover are estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system more than
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Carrot Fertility Expands Sprints AI Metabolic Program to Perimenopause and Menopause Care
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Carrot Fertility has expanded Sprints, its AI-native metabolic health program, to support women from perimenopause through post-menopause.The program addresses the metabolic disruptions caused by menopause, including shifts in insulin resistance, visceral fat, cholesterol, and blood pressure.The Education Gap: Over 80% of women do not feel informed about menopause support, while only 20% of OB-GYNs receive formal menopause training.AI-Native Personalization: Powered by
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9amHealth Raises $26M to Expand AI-Driven Virtual Specialty Care for Chronic Conditions
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9amHealth has secured $26M in Series B funding led by Define Ventures, bringing new participation from SemperVirens, Catalio Capital Management, and NewHealth Ventures.The platform has demonstrated over $50 million in projected medical and pharmacy savings across two Fortune 100 employers.The expansion targets chronic conditions that account for up to 70% of employer pharmacy spend, moving beyond its initial focus on cardiometabolic care.The company’s integrated model
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Included Health Launches Provider Connect AI Assistant for High-Quality Physician Matching
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Included Health has launched Provider Connect, a healthcare experience that combines real-time member context with quality and cost data to guide members toward high-quality, in-network providers.The platform is embedded within Dot, Included Health’s AI assistant, allowing members to use natural language to find doctors, view out-of-pocket estimates, and book appointments.The system is powered by 45 billion clinical and cost data points from 140 million patients and over
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Evolution Devices Announces First Multi-Site Clinical Sale of EvoWalk to Sheltering Arms Institute
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Evolution Devices has secured its first multi-location clinical sale of EvoWalk, a next-generation mobility solution, to the Sheltering Arms Institute.The EvoWalk system is a wearable device worn below the knee that delivers multi-muscle functional electrical stimulation (FES) to restore natural walking patterns in patients with neurological impairments.Integrated AI-driven data capture monitors patient metrics including step count, gait speed, and cadence to inform
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