A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data breach, a “substantial proportion of people living in America” are receiving notice by mail that their personal and health information […]
OpenAI Startup Fund backs AI healthcare venture with Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are throwing their weight behind a new venture, Thrive AI Health, that aims to build AI-powered assistant tech to promote healthier lifestyles. Backed by Huffington’s mental wellness firm Thrive Global and the OpenAI Startup Fund, the early-stage venture fund closely associated with OpenAI, Thrive AI […]
J2 Ventures, focused on military healthcare, grabs $150M for its second fund
J2 Ventures, a firm led mostly by the U.S. military veterans, announced on Thursday that it has raised a $ 150 million second fund. The Boston-based firm invests in startups whose products are purchased by civilians and the U.S. Department of Defense. While many emerging VCs are struggling to raise second funds, J2’s latest vehicle […]
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans
Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft of medical records affecting a “substantial proportion of people in America.” In a statement Thursday, Change Healthcare said it has begun the process of notifying affected individuals whose information […]
How Abridge became one of the most talked about healthcare AI startups
Ask any of the health-focused VCs to name one of the top AI startups and one name comes up over and over again: a company based in Pittsburgh called Abridge. And it’s a startup that launched before OpenAI was a household name and LLMs entered the common Valley vocabulary. In 2019, Shiv Rao, a practicing […]