Synthpop - Healthcare AI

🚨A founder-turned-investor, defy.vc general partner Medha Agarwal’s portfolio includes infrastructure developer LiveKit, livestream shopping app Whatnot and healthcare AI startup Synthpop - Healthcare AI. She joins us for VC Wednesdays.🚨 ✒️What's your top investment priority in 2025 and why? I’ve been looking at vertical software for many years, but even more so over the past 12 months. One reason is that the advent of AI is enabling use cases that truly weren't possible before, and a lot of amazing founders are applying AI-enabled software into industries that could either see better user or customer experience, more efficiency or lower costs. Also, AI has flown open the gates of distribution. With the average consumer trying ChatGPT, they're so much more open to having a conversation, demo or trial. That's changing the equation for what a vertical software company traditionally looked like. ✒️ What are recent investments that fit this thesis? Many haven’t been announced yet, but one is a company called Synthpop, which is automating the end-to-end workflow for healthcare providers that are referral-based. Historically that's been a very long and manual process, and can be very error-prone. But now, with LLMs and agents, you can automate a good amount of it, if not all of it. ✒️Yet, SaaS pricing doesn’t necessarily work for AI startups, right? Part of the reason is that these companies now have the opportunity to dip into labor or services budgets, because they're either enhancing or replacing humans. And so, the dollars that are spent in a company for that versus just a tool is often an order of magnitude larger — and that changes the economics. Synthpop is a great example, where they can charge for every task completed successfully. But it’s different for every company based on the end users, their budgets and usage. First, you have to decide whether a fixed or some kind of a usage-based fee makes more sense, and then, whether you want to price it based on inputs or outcomes. There’s a lot more options than before, and it leads to a lot more value capture. ✒️ What does Klarna’s IPO mean for the startup ecosystem? More liquidity is better for everybody, and a private company going public will provide liquidity for both investors and employees. The fact that Klarna was able to become profitable — even modestly — is a great achievement. A vast majority of companies do not when they're going public, and even years after they’ve gone public. It shows the progress that growth-stage companies have made to move away from growth at all costs to unit economics and efficiency. ✒️ What’s one investment that you regret passing on? I had been looking at the collectibles market for a while, but regret passing on Whatnot’s Series A, because it was just really early days. I was lucky that I ended up investing eventually, but wish I’d done it sooner. #VCWednesdays #vc #venturecapital #startups #TechonLinkedIn

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Below CB Insights identified 170+ "promising startups" that have developed AI agent infrastructure and applications. "We selected companies for inclusion based on Mosaic health scores (500+) and/or funding recency (since 2022). We included private companies only and organized them according to their primary focus." "Agents featured on this map include some combination of the following components: Reasoning:  Foundation models that enable complex reasoning, language understanding, and decision-making. These models evaluate information and form the cognitive core of the agent. Memory:  Systems that store, organize, and retrieve both short-term contextual information and long-term knowledge. Tool use:  Integration capabilities that allow agents to interact with external applications, APIs, databases, the internet, and other software. Planning:  The agent’s architecture for breaking down complex tasks into more manageable steps, reflecting on performance, and adapting as necessary.   We expect more startups to move up the scale of autonomy as AI capabilities advance. Improvements in reasoning and memory will enable more sophisticated decision-making, adaptability, and task execution." Anterior Assort Health Innovaccer K Health Synthpop - Healthcare AI Thoughtful AI The other one not named is on there I am guessing bc of their huge round they raised in January. I checked out their website and almost went through with an account to see how it is, but then I didn't like some things I saw (as a clinician myself and also as a patient) I have some concerns and questions about them.

How can AI tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges—from mental health to education and economic empowerment? Join us on March 8th at the HBS Technology Conference for an inspiring AI for Social Good Panel. Meet our experts: Margaret Meagher – Chief Impact Officer, Crisis Text Line Margaret is Chief Impact Officer at Crisis Text Line, leading data science efforts to analyze millions of mental health conversations. With 20+ years of experience in large-scale social impact across languages and cultures, she leverages AI/ML/NLP to generate insights and measure the effectiveness and international impact of Crisis Text Line's services and model. Before joining Crisis Text Line, Margaret led high-impact programs at organizations like Mastercard Foundation and Care International. Venkat Srinivasan – Managing Partner, Innospark Ventures Venkat is currently the Managing Partner of Innospark Ventures, an early stage venture fund based in Boston investing in early stage AI startups. He has founded several successful AI-led startups. Honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Indus Entrepreneurs [TiE] in 2017, Venkat holds 8 patents, published over 30 peer-reviewed journal research papers, and co-edited two books. He serves on the Board of New Profit, the American India Foundation, and is a member of the Dean’s Executive Council at the D’More-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Elad Ferber – Co-founder & CEO, Synthpop - Healthcare AI Elad is the co-founder and CEO of Synthpop, a company leveraging unprecedented advancements in AI to streamline healthcare workflows Previously, Elad co-founded Spry Health, a remote patient monitoring startup acquired by ZOLL Itamar. Additionally, he led the engineering team of SpaceIL, responsible for launching Israel's first lunar lander. Nathan Eagle – Founder & CTO, Aerie Ventures Nathan has dedicated his career addressing the needs of people in regions traditionally underserved by technology. Nathan founded Jana and co-founded the AAAI Artificial Intelligence for Development symposium. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor at MIT and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computational Epidemiology at Harvard. His international honors include being a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a finalist for the MacArthur Genius Grant, and the recipient of the Kiel Global Economy Prize, an award he shared with Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman. Link to tickets in comments. #HBS #HBSTechConference #AIforGood #SocialImpact #ArtificialIntelligence #AIforHumanity #TechforGood