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What It Takes to Build a $100 Million AI-Powered Health Startup

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Stephanie Liu, cofounder of Nourish, sits down on Forbes Talks to talk about the company's origin during the pandemic, driven by a passion for preventative health. She also explains Nourish's convenience, AI-powered tools, and personalized matching process. Stephanie, a former software engineer, shares insights on entrepreneurship, AI's role in healthcare, and the future of the wellness industry.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, I'm Zoya Heson and I'm here today with Stephanie Lou, the co-founder of Nourish.

0:08.7

Stephanie, thank you so much for joining us.

0:10.8

Of course.

0:11.4

Happy to be here.

0:12.4

Amazing.

0:12.9

There's so much to talk about, so much to unpack with everything you've built.

0:16.7

But before we get there, why don't you start off by telling us what exactly Nourish does?

0:21.3

Happy to and great to be here as well.

0:23.8

What Nourish does is we connect individuals like yourself with registered dietitians and we get the services covered by their health insurance.

0:32.1

We see patients for all kinds of different conditions, all different age ranges, and we have 2,500 dietitians on our platform to help get you the perfect dietitian match.

0:42.3

Amazing. How did you get the idea for the company? What's the story behind what sparked it?

0:49.3

And you were like, okay, let's go all in and start a business.

0:52.3

Yeah, the journey to the idea wasn't as straightforward, but my co-founder, okay, let's go all in and start a business. Yeah, the journey to the idea wasn't as

0:55.4

straightforward, but my co-founder, Sam and I went to undergrad together, and my other co-founder,

1:01.0

Aiden, is his friend from growing up. And during COVID, we kind of came together and we started

1:05.4

just working through different ideas, ideating on different things. And we all had in our lives, like,

1:12.0

different journeys with nutrition, whether it was resolving a GI condition or chronic migraines

1:17.6

or just for myself, being really passionate about food and like cooking. We all just, like,

1:23.0

felt this draw towards the preventative health care space specifically around nutrition.

1:28.2

And so during COVID was when telehealth started blowing up.

1:31.1

We learned a lot about the other different kinds of business models and the mental health

1:34.8

space that we're taking off.

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