Transcript
A (0:00)
This is Scott Becker with a very special edition of the Becker Business and the Becker Private Equity Podcast. This discussion is artificial intelligence and practical use cases and more. We feature on this podcast two brilliant leaders. We've got Venkat Mukuru, the founder of Midstream Health, who's also prolific investor throughout healthcare, former operating partner and Teresen Horowitz. I've known Venkat for a long time. I've known Bobby for longer. Thank you both for joining us. Joining us. Let me ask you each to take a moment to introduce yourself. Venkat, let me start with you and ask you to spend a few moments introducing yourself.
B (0:40)
I'm considering changing my last name on this particular webinar. I feel either very special or left out. So no, no, it's an honor to be here. Scott, thanks for doing this. And Bobby, always good to see you. By background Scott, been passionate about the new things in healthcare for the last 15 years. I got to start a company when I was at davita, thinking about the new thing at the time, which is in direct primary care, a company called Paladino, which is now part of Marathon Health. We got to really think about the revolution in value based care and Medicare Advantage in a four and a half billion dollar acquisition through Healthcare Partners. And then I moved internationally. I got to work for the advisory board internationally. And then about 10 years ago, Scott fell in love with this intersection of machine learning applications for healthcare. And 10 years ago when people were asking, you know, what really is SAS? It took 10 years for AI to get mainstream in healthcare. And here we are, that was a company called Cue Ventus, which is really great to see something so early blossom even till today. And then as you mentioned, six years at Andreessenhoris as an operating partner, we got to see about 70 companies, $8 billion of capital deployed into healthcare and life sciences companies and then got to start Midstream Health, which is all about transforming financial operations for the largest hospitals. So really, really excited to be here.
A (2:08)
And so many fascinating pieces there. And let me ask you a couple follow up questions really quickly. So mudit a tremendous leader you worked with moodit, talk a little bit about what it takes to be a great leader and to evolve in the AI space, the machine learning space, and add value for customers, because that's a great example. And then talk about what you're doing at Midstream and sort of what you're doing with artificial intelligence. I know you're working with Common Spirit Health and some of the largest health systems in the World. It's been an amazing journey to watch. I love watching what you do. I love investing with you. Talk a little bit about sort of. Sort of what, what you're, what you're doing at midstream and what it takes as a leader to evolve in the AI space and the.
