Introducing Raising Health: Fireside Chat with Sean Duffy

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Big news from a16z: Bio Eats World, our sibling show from a16z Bio+Health, is now Raising Health! We’re excited to share Raising Health’s first episode here where Sean Duffy, cofounder and CEO of Omada Health, joins Vijay Pande, founding general partner of Bio + Health. Sean and Vijay discuss the building and growth of Omada, from the early days to now. As the cofounder of one of the original digital health companies, Sean has unique insight into the growth of both the digital health field and the changing venture capital environment. They also talk about the future of AI, how Omada is leveraging AI, and the challenges that might arise with using a technology in a caregiving environment. You can listen to more episodes of Raising Health here: https://link.chtbl.com/IqBoJ2By?sid=a16z11824

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0:00.0	I'm never calling ourselves a startup. We were three people and O'Mato was a digital health company.
0:05.5	What needs to happen for an innovation ecosystem to flourish in a way that wasn't there before?
0:10.4	Could it be done more effectively or efficiently?
0:12.6	Like, look anywhere besides, you know, the US and you find ways that one could.
0:17.0	Let's just pretend I was a hired gun CEO brought in today.
0:20.0	What would I be doing differently?
0:22.0	Day one, great, just joined O'Mata, I'm the CEO, what would be the next play?
0:26.0	There's a reason that artificial intelligence is a buzzword and artificial empathy is not.
0:32.0	Digital Health has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade,
0:38.0	involving from simple health tracking applications to an interconnected ecosystem of solutions that are totally redefining the way we prevent, treat, and manage medical conditions.
0:50.0	And today's guest has actually witnessed this entire shift.
0:54.8	Sean Duffy co-founded Omar Health in 2011,
0:58.0	with the mission to enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. Over the last decade, Sean has actually grown o'mata from zero to one million patients,
1:08.0	giving him a front row seat into the evolution of the digital health industry.
1:12.0	So in today's episode, Sean sits down evolution of the digital health industry.
1:13.3	So in today's episode,
1:14.4	Chantsits down with A16D, Bion Health founding partner, V.J. Ponde,
1:18.9	for the inaugural episode of Phrasing Health,
1:21.9	formerly known as Biosewe's World.
1:24.0	John and V.J. discussed the building and growth of Amada,
1:27.0	how AI is changing the digital health landscape,
1:30.0	and what the future of the industry will look like as
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