Nvidia’s business is increasingly the business of artificial intelligence, and its latest partnership fits with that new role. The graphics processing maker is supplying the Tokyo Institute of Technology for the GPUs that will power its new AI supercomputer , which will be the fastest of its kind in […]
Microsoft’s Healthcare NExT aims to partner the tech giant’s AI, cloud, and collaboration and business optimization technology with healthcare industry leaders to create innovative products. (Microsoft Photo) Healthcare is a cluttered industry, to say the least. A tangle of care providers, a complex payment system and a labyrinth of […]
The money just keeps flowing in to fund new startups in the healthcare space. In fact, 2016 is already off to a record start with $1.8 billion in funding so far in 2016 Q1, according to StartUp Health. In this golden age of entrepreneurship, it can be hard to […]
When we asked dozens of venture capitalists where they see the most potential for applied artificial intelligence, they unanimously agreed on health care. Technology has already been used to incrementally improve patient medical records, care delivery, diagnostic accuracy, and drug development, but with AI we could achieve exponential breakthroughs. […]
Abbott Diabetes Care shared some real-world evidence this morning at the International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, bolstering clinical trial data about the effectiveness of the company’s Freestyle Libre device line. "We’re certainly committed to sharing as much information as is possible with our users and […]
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Things are looking up for biotech and health device startups wanting to cash in on VC dollars or go public this year. According to Silicon Valley Bank’s latest report on healthcare investments and exits, a conservative 2016 has set up 2017 for a hearty boom. Though biopharma M&A activity […]
India-based Practo , a startup that helps consumers locate doctors and healthcare information, has closed a $55 million Series D funding round that will fuel an expansion into more emerging markets worldwide. The investment is led by Tencent, the Chinese internet giant that led Practo’s $90 million Series C […]
Last year was a very interesting one in the field of data and analytics. On one hand, we saw many crystal balls being shattered. (Remember FiveThirtyEight.com’s election prediction ?) The surprise Brexit vote and Trump’s win led some to declare that the age of data is dead. On the […]
Sifting the avalanche of life sciences (LS) data for insight is an interesting and important challenge. Many approaches are used with varying success. Recently, improved hardware – primarily GPU-based – and better neural networking schemes are bringing deep learning to the fore. Two recent papers report the use of […]
New York City-based HealthReveal, which uses remote monitoring and data analytics to help payers and providers make sure patients get the treatments that line up with evidentiary guidelines, has raised $10.8 million in first-round funding. The round was led by GE Ventures with contributions from Greycroft Partners, Flare Capital […]
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