Sharon Rao, MD

In light of Diwali, Maesha and I brought together some of New York City’s most incredible South Asian founders and investors for dinner, generously sponsored by Dr Raj Kalra MD and NNinetyNineAI!

I had exciting conversations with Dr. Kalra about what workflows clinicians will trust enough to change, which is the same conviction that we’re building with at @alterralabs.ai — that the frontier of clinical AI isn’t capability, it’s safety and alignment that clinicians can actually rely on.

Ayushi Sinha and I discussed why rigor in clinical AI models matter more as these systems get closer to our patients!

Kumar, Chethan, Jinsy and I got into what clinicians actually need from AI tools versus what gets built for them, and the work towards bringing demos out of silos into real world clinical integration.

Raj and I talked about what it takes to get early builders at Percepta working on real clinical problems through hackathons and hands-on building events.

Vrijen and I discussed about data in clinical AI and the quality available to most models.

Bhavik from Atria Health and Rohan, who’s building Asva, spoke about longevity, where medicine is headed, and the importance of treating prevention as a clinical discipline and not only a wellness category.

And thank you to Veda, D. J. Patel, Dhruv, Rhea and Kailash for bringing your insights from venture, investing, private equity and banking to the question of what compounds well in healthcare and AI.

Thank you to Sandeep, Priyanka, Aditi and Raksha for bringing your invaluable perspectives from pharma, venture, big tech and founding to the table!

Thank you all for an incredible evening. As we ring in Diwali and look toward new beginnings, I can’t think of a better room to have started them with! Happy Diwali from me, Maesha and Dr Raj Kalra! 🪔✨

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