Zack Kanter

Zack Kanter, Founder and CEO of Stedi, shares his journey from turning $2,500 into a successful auto-parts business to revolutionizing the healthcare industry with an API-first approach. He discusses the challenges of bootstrapping, the eight iterations of his EDI product before finding product-market fit, and the concept of 'eating glass' to emphasize hard work and commitment. Zack also explores the impact of operational excellence and why his company embraces a culture of high accountability and resourcefulness.

Toyin Ajayi, CEO of Cityblock Health, a leader in Medicaid-focused care, urges building AI for safety-net populations first. Zach Kanter, CEO of Stedi, runs a high-volume clearinghouse scaling to billions of transactions and recently raised growth capital. They discuss AI built for Medicaid, equitable deployment principles, clearinghouse infrastructure, processing huge claim volumes, and the surge of peptide/longevity interest and funding.

Zack Kanter, the Founder and CEO of Stedi, shares insights on the evolution of business, contrasting Walmart's traditional retail practices with Amazon's digital innovation. They discuss the OODA loop's relevance in agile environments and draw parallels between military strategies and modern business models. Kanter emphasizes the importance of navigating 'build vs. buy' decisions, while exploring learning frameworks like 'just-in-time' vs. 'just-in-case.' Finally, he highlights the necessity of addressing unvoiced concerns to foster healthy team dynamics.