Its Time
to Build in Healthcare
We are at a unique moment in time. Our entire healthcare system— how we access, pay for, and deliver healthcare —is being re-engineered through technology. Misaligned incentives and lack of transparency are finally shifting. The patient is finally a powerful stakeholder in the system.
Healthcare is being pushed outside the four walls of the hospital, with new models emerging for delivering care at community-based locations, at home, or virtually, wherever you are. In all these areas, technology is reducing friction, introducing automation, and enabling new methods for delivering cost-effective clinical services. Software, finally, is eating healthcare.
AI + Healthcare
Virtual-First
Value-Based Care
Pharmacy
Care Anywhere
Provider Enablement
Healthcare x Fintech
A fantastic partner with whom to build the company of our dreams!Todd Park Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Devoted
a16z brings a deep bench and ecosystem that is unmatched and invaluable.Rajaie Batniji MD, PhD Co-Founder & CEO, WAYMARK
Learning from the team has helped us navigate the complexities of healthcareMUSTAFA SHABIB CTO & CO-FOUNDER, SEASON HEALTH
Partnering with a16z helped us tackle the most daunting challenges head-onChris Ellis COFOUNDER & CEO, THATCH
Incredibly supportive team and incredibly connected network-and fun to work with!Ed Park Co-founder and Ceo, Devoted
a16z is the best in the business – betting big on the future with every move.MICHAEL KOPKO CEO, PEARL HEALTH
Healthcare Builders
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Themes in Health
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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Jobs to be Done New
Building specialist AIs to perform healthcare tasks offers the most challenging technical problems in the field today, as well as the greatest opportunity for impact.
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Where Will AI Have the Biggest Impact? Healthcare.
We believe that any new technology has to be 10 times better to successfully displace the last one – marginal improvements aren’t worth the effort. Enterprise software struggled to clear that 10x bar in healthcare; AI clears it easily.
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Greg Verdine, Bio + Health Venture Partner
As we strive to find and support the most ambitious life sciences founders, we also work to connect these founders with exceptional advisors who have traveled the journey before.
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Washington: Will You Let AI Make Us Healthier?
The world is amidst an AI-driven industrial revolution. Whether we let it improve the health of Americans is up to how we regulate it. There is no sector where AI can drive more immediate, life-saving impact than in biotechnology and healthcare.
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AI at the Intersection: The a16z Investment Thesis on AI in Bio + Health
AI will have the greatest impact on life sciences and health when it can succeed at specialist tasks like diagnoses and medical procedures.
Bio
Eats
World
Our top-ranked podcast exploring the intersection of technology, biology and the transformation of healthcare