Blake Dodge
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The healthcare system is racing to unleash breakthrough AI models despite profound unanswered questions
The next chapter of AI comes with deep scientific and ethical mysteries. Hospitals are entering without a roadmap, while trying to keep patients safe. → Read More
Digital health's funding slump isn't a death sentence. Here's what startups are doing to stand out to investors.
Some digital health startups are still catching investor attention. VCs are betting these startups will last in a down market. → Read More
Inside digital health's reckoning, where once-hot startups are suddenly scrambling for cash
Investors were racing each other to back digital health startups. Overnight, they've raised the bar for who gets funded. Many startups won't meet it. → Read More
Billionaire Mark Cuban has invested in yet another healthcare company: online pharmacy Truepill
Cuban's investment displays the billionaire's continued interest in disrupting the healthcare industry. → Read More
Investors will stop rewarding digital health startups masquerading as tech companies in 2023, VC Aike Ho predicts
Digital-health startups have been rewarded for putting care on the internet and calling it revolutionary. ACME partner Aike Ho said that era is over. → Read More
How Cerebral went from a hyped $4.8 billion mental-health startup to fighting for its survival
Cerebral grew quickly by prescribing serious drugs online. Its future hinges on caring for many of the same patients it's struggled to treat. → Read More
Buzzy startups failed to fix mental-health care. Now their mistakes are fueling the space's next generation.
The future of mental-health care is shifting after venture-backed startups fueled an arm's race that left companies struggling to survive. → Read More
SoftBank-backed Cerebral is cutting 20% of its employees as demand for the mental health startup's services slows. Read the memo from its CEO announcing the cuts.
Cerebral has slowed its growth efforts in recent months after drawing federal investigations into its prescribing practices. → Read More
Amazon is secretly testing another virtual care venture that aims to treat common conditions online
Amazon is piloting a health bet codenamed "Katara" that would aim to sell health services directly to consumers. → Read More
Amazon just hit fast-forward on its vision to transform how you see the doctor
With a $3.9 billion acquisition, the scope of Amazon's ambitions in primary care are starting to crystalize. → Read More
Cerebral just replaced CEO Kyle Robertson as the mental-health startup faces increased scrutiny
Robertson cofounded Cerebral, a startup that prescribes mental-health medications online. It was recently valued at $4.8 billion. → Read More
Leaked email: Mental-health startup Cerebral will stop prescribing most controlled drugs like Xanax and Adderall
Facing backlash and federal investigations, the mental-health startup Cerebral plans to stop prescribing most controlled substances. → Read More
The DOJ is investigating whether mental-health startup Cerebral violated a controlled-substances law
US prosecutors are demanding Cerebral turn over a slew of documents related to how it prescribes potentially addictive medicines. → Read More
The DEA is investigating Cerebral as the $4.8 billion mental-health startup faces growing scrutiny
The DEA interviewed former employees at Cerebral, a startup that prescribes controlled substances, about its clinicians' licenses and other matters. → Read More
The $4.8 billion mental-health startup Cerebral plans to outsource hundreds of crucial roles to the Philippines. Employees say the move risks disrupting patients' care.
Cerebral, an American company that provides therapy and medication online, is planning to shift hundreds of patient-facing jobs offshore. → Read More
In leaked audio, Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy shares a bold vision for the company's healthcare business. Here's what the giant retailer is doing to become a 'significant disruptor.'
Now, Amazon plans to double down on its healthcare efforts, internally consolidating the team and planning for further expansion across various areas. → Read More
$3.3 billion healthcare data startup Komodo Health is gearing up for an IPO in a move that could test the choppy health-tech market
Komodo Health has hired banks to go public this year. Its IPO would test the waters of a market that's been highly skeptical of health-tech stocks. → Read More
Exclusive: Verily-backed startup Galvani just implanted a US patient with an experimental bioelectronic device to treat arthritis
Galvani Bioelectronics' electronic implant was in development for five years. "The potential here is huge," experts say. → Read More
Amazon has expanded its new medical service to Boston, Dallas, Austin, and Los Angeles. It's signed up big employers Whole Foods, Silicon Labs, and Hilton.
Amazon Care is gearing up to have a make-or-break year in 2022. Insider obtained the pitch deck it used to win over employers' decision-makers. → Read More
A top Talkspace exec just tried to soothe worried investors. 3 key slides from a new presentation reveal more stumbles and ideas for turning the mental health company around.
Talkspace's interim CEO just addressed the company's $1 stock, growth issues, misreported numbers, and executive exodus. → Read More