Eugene Ugur Sayan is the Founder, CEO and President of Softheon, a technology company that powers healthcare.gov and state ACA exchanges serving over 10 million Americans daily.

Eugene filed a patent on intelligent software agents in 1998, long before anyone was discussing "agentic" workflows. Over the years, they built the Massachusetts Connector (America's first state health exchange) and now power the infrastructure behind healthcare.gov, serving over 10 million Americans with 1,300+ AI agents running 24/7/365.

This isn't theoretical AI. It's production systems where 99% accuracy means people lose health coverage. Eugene explains why healthcare demands "airline industry standards" (99.999% uptime), the PPT Framework (People, Process, Technology), how his team orchestrates agents across federal and 50-state AI regulations, and why Softheon owns its entire stack, from data centers to application layer technology.

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening & Introduction

02:22 The 1998 Patent: Building agentic workflows before ChatGPT

06:40 Why Healthcare AI Requires 99.999% Accuracy

10:00 Autonomy, Alignment & Accountability Framework

12:26 1,300 Semi-Autonomous Agents & Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)

18:49 Three Layers of AI: Hardware, Platform, Applications

23:09 Biggest Challenges: People, Process & Technology

31:04 Breaking Innovation Barriers in Conservative Healthcare

35:44 Transparency Rules & Value-Based Care

39:08 The ICHRA Revolution: Healthcare's 401K Moment

44:00 Consumer Engagement: Three Pillars Strategy

50:00 Entrepreneurship Philosophy & Daily Practice

53:00 Final Advice

Listen On:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/IWoARQ0G7sg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-healthcare-ai-podcast/id1827098175

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Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5b1f49a6-dba8-479e-acdf-9deac2f8f60e/the-healthcare-ai-podcast

You can learn more about the All-in-One Solution for Health Plans at Softheon.com

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