Note: This episode was recorded as part of the Bio Eats World podcast, now known as Raising Health.
Pranav Rajpurkar, PhD, joins Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z Bio + Health.
In this episode, Pranav and Vijay discuss a future with generalist medical AI. This is the idea of a medical AI that isn’t narrowly tailored to one specific task. As Pranav notes in the episode, the research and development process in medical AI development so far has been siloed by specialty, but generalist medical AI exists outside those siloes. If generalist medical AI is successful, it could act as a dynamic support system to a physician, almost like a medical resident.
Vijay Pande is the founding general partner of the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz, focused on the cross-section of biology and computer science.
Pranav Rajpurkar
Kris Tatiossian is the content lead, life sciences, on the Bio + Health team.
Olivia Webb is the editorial lead, healthcare, on the Bio + Health team.
Biology and the state of healthcare are undergoing radical shifts. Raising Health delves into dialogues with scientists, technologists, founders, builders, leaders, and visionaries as they explore how AI, engineering, and technology elevate health to new heights and create a system of enduring health for all.