Episodes

  • Use AI. Don't let it use you: Esther Dyson on human limits in an age of artificial scale

    Use AI. Don't let it use you: Esther Dyson on human limits in an age of artificial scale
    Jun 5 2026
    What does it mean to build technology that serves human life rather than consuming it? In this episode, Esther Dyson, investor, thinker, and StartUp Health Impact Board member, joins co-founder Unity Stoakes and members of the StartUp Health community ...
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    29 mins
  • The Brain as a Metabolic Monitor: Casey Halpern, MD, of SynchNeuro on Predicting Blood Sugar from Behind the Ear

    The Brain as a Metabolic Monitor: Casey Halpern, MD, of SynchNeuro on Predicting Blood Sugar from Behind the Ear
    May 27 2026
    For decades, the noninvasive continuous glucose monitor has been the holy grail of diabetes technology. SynchNeuro ( https://www.startuphealth.com/synchneuro ) believes the signal has been there all along -- hiding in the brain's electrical activity, r...
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    31 mins
  • The Medicare Playbook for Health Tech Founders, with Abe Sutton of CMS

    The Medicare Playbook for Health Tech Founders, with Abe Sutton of CMS
    May 18 2026
    What does the senior CMS official focused on payment and delivery innovation actually want health tech founders to understand? In this episode, we listen in on highlights from a recent fireside chat as StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes talks with...
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    18 mins
  • Real Voices, Real Impact: Dan Kendall & Unity Stoakes on Podcasting in the Age of AI

    Real Voices, Real Impact: Dan Kendall & Unity Stoakes on Podcasting in the Age of AI
    May 5 2026
    What if the most underused tool in health innovation communication was sitting right in your pocket? In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, recorded live at HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sits down with Dan Kendall, fou...
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    24 mins
  • Early Answers, Better Outcomes: How Cx Precision Medicine Is Rethinking Alzheimer's Diagnosis From the Ground Up

    Early Answers, Better Outcomes: How Cx Precision Medicine Is Rethinking Alzheimer's Diagnosis From the Ground Up
    Apr 23 2026
    What if the most important moment in Alzheimer's care happened not in a neurologist's office, but at a routine primary care visit? That is the premise behind Cx Precision Medicine ( https://profiles.startuphealth.com/company-profile?recordId=rec7LQkap3...
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    24 mins
  • From Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients

    From Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients
    Apr 21 2026
    🔬 What does it actually take to get a health technology from the lab to the patient's hands? Gerald (Jerry) Wilmink, PhD, knows the journey firsthand. As a former startup founder, one-time Chief Business Officer at CarePredict (a StartUp Health communi...
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    21 mins
  • Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

    Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook
    Apr 10 2026
    Julie Yoo has seen healthcare from nearly every angle, as a founder who scaled Kyruus to 20 million patients, as a board member, and now as a General Partner at a16z leading investments in some of the most consequential AI health companies being built ...
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    26 mins
  • The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

    The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform
    Apr 7 2026
    What does it mean to build something that has never existed before? In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes sits down with CEO & Co-founder Valerie Gharagouzloo and Chief Science Officer & Co-founder Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics...
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    28 mins