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10:57 AM PST · January 16, 2026
AI companies are clustering astir healthcare and fast.
In conscionable the past week, OpenAI bought wellness startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for healthcare, and Sam Altman-backed MergeLabs closed a $250 cardinal effect round at an $850 cardinal valuation. The wealth and products are pouring into health and dependable AI, but truthful are concerns astir hallucination risks, inaccurate aesculapian information, and monolithic information vulnerabilities successful systems handling delicate diligent data.
Watch as Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane excavation into why the AI world is abruptly obsessed with wellness care, what different products tin expect an AI-makeover, and more.
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