Raising Health
Andreessen Horowitz, a16z Bio + Health
A myriad of AI, science, and technology experts explore the real challenges and enormous opportunities facing entrepreneurs who are building the future of health. Raising Health, a podcast by a16z Bio + Health, dives deep into the heart of biotechnology and healthcare innovation. Join veteran company builders, operators, and investors Vineeta Agarwala, Julie Yoo, and Jorge Conde, along with distinguished guests like Mark Cuban, Greg Verdine, Fei-Fei Li, and Suchi Saria, as they explore the intricacies of these technological advancements and how they can be built and effectively delivered. Together, we can rewrite the script. Welcome to Raising Health.
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Mar 9, 2026 • 52min
Andrew Huberman: Peptides, Sleep Tech, and the End of Obesity
Andrew Huberman, Stanford neurobiology and ophthalmology professor who turns neuroscience into practical health tips. He talks peptides and GLP-1s and what they mean for obesity. He explores sleep tech that could speed sleep and wearables that read biology. He previews focus drugs, personalized peptide mixes, and neurotechnologies that may let us ‘write’ our biology soon.
Mar 2, 2026 • 37min
Rebuilding Behavioral Health’s Operating System with AI
Raymond Wang, a scaling engineering leader from Okta and startups, and Zach Cohen, a former a16z investor turned founder building Ease Health. They explore an AI-native operating system that unifies CRM, EHR, and revenue cycle management. Short takes cover why behavioral health tech lags, the choice to build AI-native, targeting the full continuum of care, and replacing fragmented vendor stacks.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 26min
AI in Healthcare: The Leapfrog Opportunity
A lively discussion on why healthcare can benefit more from AI than any other industry. Topics include skipping costly legacy rebuilds to adopt AI-native care, how AI tools unlock labor budgets, and clinician-driven organic adoption. They explore rapid scaling of AI-native health startups and what truly AI-native models of care might look like.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 49min
Ambience CEO Nikhil Buduma on AI in Clinical Workflows
Nikhil Buduma, CEO and co‑founder of Ambience Healthcare and former Stanford‑affiliated researcher, applies deep learning to clinical workflows. He discusses running a medical practice before building a platform. Short takes cover Transformer adoption, EHR integration and decision traces, clinician adoption at academic centers, and AI-driven virtual care teams and ROI for health systems.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 39min
Building the Marketplace for AI’s Most Valuable Asset
Bobby Samuels, cofounder and CEO of Protégé, builds a marketplace linking proprietary real-world data to AI labs. He discusses sourcing and packaging multimodal longitudinal data, why real-world beats synthetic, the rise of eval datasets and benchmarks, legal and rights challenges, and expanding beyond healthcare into video, audio, motion, and biology.
Feb 5, 2026 • 37min
Making Healthcare Affordable for 80 Million Americans
Florian Otto, cofounder of Cedar (modernizes patient billing with AI), and Nikita Singareddy, cofounder of Fortuna (simplifies Medicaid enrollment). They discuss healthcare affordability, AI voice agents improving access and multilingual support, Medicaid’s paperwork and system fragility, and how data-driven tools can reduce barriers and administrative burden.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 34min
Healthcare 2026: AI Doctors, GLP-1s, and Insurance Defection
Nikhil Krishnan, founder of Out of Pocket who helps people navigate healthcare costs, joins to predict healthcare in 2026. He discusses why people are dropping traditional insurance and paying cash for diagnostics and preventive care. He explores AI-driven navigation and low-cost care models, the rise of at-home screening and GLP-1 expansion, plus regulation and data issues shaping access and innovation.
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Jan 8, 2026 • 47min
Building AI Foundation Models for Molecular Design
Jeremy Wohlwend and Gabriele Corso, co-founders of Boltz, delve into the transformative power of AI in molecular biology. They discuss Boltz’s mission to create open-source models that revolutionize biomolecular interaction and drug discovery. The conversation highlights breakthroughs post-AlphaFold, the rapid adoption of Boltz models by the pharma sector, and the launch of Boltz Lab—designed to streamline protein and small-molecule design in scientific workflows. They envision a future where AI accelerates iteration and enhances the drug discovery process.
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Dec 4, 2025 • 48min
How AI Cut Healthcare Burnout by 70%
Peter McCanna, CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, discusses the transformation of health systems from supply-driven to customer-centric models. He shares insights on how ambient AI cut physician burnout by 70%, emphasizing its role in automating tasks and enhancing clinician joy. Peter reveals the challenges in hospital economics, including the neglect of essential services like behavioral health. He also highlights the importance of partnerships with startups aimed at creating comprehensive healthcare solutions.
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Nov 24, 2025 • 27min
The Future of Healthcare Payments: CMS Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton
Stephanie Carlton, Chief of Staff at CMS and former labor and delivery nurse, discusses her journey through healthcare and her current mission managing $1.7 trillion in health spending. She shares insights on innovative CMS strategies, like integrating consumer health apps and real-time provider data to speed up payment processes. Carlton emphasizes shifting focus to prevention and new quality measures, while explaining recent decisions on funding and how her diverse team is blending startup mentality with policy expertise.
