Digital Health Heavyweights Episode 6: Anish Sebastian, Co-Founder & CEO of Babyscripts
Feb 9, 2026
Anish Sebastian, co-founder and CEO of BabyScripts, builds digital tools to improve prenatal and postpartum care. He discusses remote monitoring for detecting preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. The conversation covers how COVID accelerated virtual maternity care, racial and system-level drivers of poor U.S. maternal outcomes, and practical roles for AI and nutrition in scalable maternal health.
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COVID Shifted Prenatal Care And Opened Door For AI
- COVID accelerated adoption and reimbursement of virtual prenatal care, creating lasting shifts in delivery and policy.
- The next major shift will be AI for basic automation and predictive risk monitoring in maternal care.
Solve Maternal Mortality By Expanding The Care Team
- Maternal mortality is driven by access gaps and limited care teams, not just physician shortages.
- Expanding roles for nurses, midwives, doulas, and care managers can close last-mile barriers like immunizations and transportation.
Remote Care Can Reduce Racial Gaps In Compliance
- Racial disparities in maternal outcomes persist independent of income, suggesting bias and perception affect care.
- Remote care drove equal compliance across races in BabyScripts' Phantom Study, reducing in-office disparities.