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StartUp Health NOW Podcast

StartUp Health NOW Podcast

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Episodes

319

Latest episode

Aug 2026

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EN

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StartUp Health NOW celebrates the innovators, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs who are reimagining health and wellness.

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October 1, 202627 min

Investing in AI-Native Healthcare with Venrock's Bob Kocher and Unity Stoakes

In this Fireside Chat, Venrock partner Bob Kocher sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to unpack why AI will drive more healthcare activity rather than lower prices, where he sees real opportunity for founders (from geriatric behavior...

September 28, 202622 min

From EAPs to AI Signals: Rethinking Workplace Mental Health with Stephen Sokoler of Journey

After 11 years building Journey and recently named to TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026 list ( https://media.startuphealth.com/p/15-startup-health-member-companies-included-in-time-s-list-of-the-world-s-top-healthtech-companies-2 ), founder ...

September 21, 202621 min

Building the referral bridge dental care has been missing | Brant Herman of Dentistry.One & MouthWatch

In this Health Moonshot Update, long-time community member Brant Herman, CEO & Founder of MouthWatch and Dentistry.One, joins StartUp Health's Logan Plaster to talk about building a virtual-first teledentistry network that meets patients at the moments...

September 17, 202619 min

Scaling Trust: What Mediktor's AI Triage Tool Actually Does

Cristian Pascual, CEO & Co-founder of Mediktor, talks with StartUp Health’s Logan Plaster about the evolution of AI-powered triage, why healthcare delivery demands professional-grade tools rather than general-purpose AI, and what it's taking to close M...

September 10, 202624 min

Investing in AI-Native Healthcare with Menlo Ventures' Greg Yap and Unity Stoakes

What does it take to build a health AI company that actually gets funded right now? Greg Yap, Partner at Menlo Ventures, sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to unpack how a 50-year-old venture firm is investing across the health AI l...

September 8, 202616 min

Why the mouth may be the best window into human health: Aidar Health’s MouthLab

What if the richest data about your health wasn't on your wrist, but in your breath? Sathya Elumalai, CEO & Co-founder of Aidar Health, joins Logan Plaster for a Health Moonshot Update on MouthLab – a handheld device that reads roughly 10 vital signs f...

August 27, 202618 min

What it really takes to bring AI into the hospital room: Avo’s physician-first case for AI-powered clinical decisions

Fresh off a Series A ( https://media.startuphealth.com/p/avo-raises-10m-series-a-for-clinical-ai-platform-startup-health-insights-week-of-mar-31-2026 ), Yair Saperstein, MD, MPH, CEO & Co-founder of Avo ( http://startuphealth.com/avomd ), sits down wit...

August 20, 202619 min

Dr. Yusuf Sherwani on scaling Pelago, raising $150M, and the future of AI therapy

Long-time StartUp Health community member Yusuf Sherwani, MD, didn't set out to build an AI mental health specialist. Nine years ago, he co-founded Pelago ( https://startuphealth.com/pelago ) as a virtual clinic for substance use disorder – called Quit...

August 13, 202616 min

Inside MEI Micro's mission to bring military-grade sensors to healthcare

What if the sensor in your wearable is the limiting factor in what it can tell you about your health? StartUp Health member Louis Ross, CEO & Founder of MEI Micro ( https://www.startuphealth.com/mei-micro ), joins Logan Plaster to unpack the science be...

August 10, 202628 min

Speed, safety, and scale: Microsoft's playbook for health AI, with Kimmi Grewal and Unity Stoakes

In this episode, Unity Stoakes talks with Kimmi Grewal, Vice President of AI Ecosystem Partnerships at Microsoft, about what it actually takes for health innovators to turn AI potential into products, partnerships, and scale. Grewal – who has served on...

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