1/ Is funding of AI-based startups hype or is this the new future ?
2/ Will AI systems based on LLMs leapfrog all the robotics plays in orthopedics ?
3/ When will Ortho/Spine companies change their company names to add "AI" like they did with "spine" 20 years ago ?
Read this news story from Becker's below. AI is coming fast.
Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative artificial intelligence startup co-founded by a health system COO, launched May 16 with $50 million in funding co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.
The company's co-founder and chief medical officer is Meenesh Bhimani, MD, operating chief of Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health. The startup will initially work to develop a nondiagnostic, patient-facing app that will be used by health systems.
"In my 20 years of post-residency, as a physician and hospital administrator, I have never seen this level of excitement in new technology," Dr. Bhimani, who will leave his health system May 26, told Becker's. "We've met with over 20 health systems over the past few weeks and the amount of engagement and interest is really remarkable. This is an opportunity to really transform the delive...
