Care Shift

Seth Sternberg co-founded Meebo (acquired by Google), then started Honor to change how society cares for older adults. Today Honor owns Home Instead and runs the largest home care network in the Western Hemisphere. In this episode of Care Shift, Seth explains why he launched a home care agency before building any technology, what the Home Instead acquisition taught him about "M&A AI,&quot...

Adam Besvinick, founder and managing partner of Looking Glass Capital, joins Care Shift to talk about being the first yes at pre-seed, and why raising too much, too early is a mistake. Looking Glass is a solo GP pre-seed fund investing across health, climate, and economic drivers. Before starting the firm in 2019, Adam invested from pre-seed through Series C at Deep Fork Capital and Anchorage Capi...

Mahmud Samad has spent 20 years scaling companies across Johnson & Johnson, Burger King through its Bain Capital and TPG years, Wellpath, and MDLIVE. Today he is Founder and Principal of Interconnext Consulting, working with founders, boards, and private equity teams as a strategic CFO and operator. We cover why healthcare startups stall after their first three pilots, what a repeatable proces...

If you wait for the claim, you've already lost. Ed Liebowitz, President and General Manager of Well-being at Personify Health, breaks down pre-encounter engagement, what CFOs want from wellness vendors, the Virgin Pulse and HealthComp merger, GLP-1 strategy for employers, and where AI is actually moving the needle in employer health. 00:00 Intro 01:30 Why Ed left finance for digital health 03:...

JPMorgan Chase reviews about 400 healthcare companies a year and invests in three. Dan Mendelson, CEO of Morgan Health, explains what gets a company into that group. We cover the $330M deployed off JPMorgan's balance sheet, why a company that only cuts cost gets a pass, and the misconception Dan corrects with nearly every founder: Morgan Health's check does not come with a contract from JP...

Luis Voloch, CEO of Jimini Health and co-founder of Immune.ai, joins Care Shift to talk about why he traded oncology AI for behavioral health, and why he believes clinicians, not chatbots, are the key to doing AI in mental health right. We cover the ChatGPT suicidal ideation numbers that shaped Jimini's thesis, why Sage was built as an extension of the clinician rather than a replacement, and...

Chris Molaro left the Army after leading a platoon in combat to build NeuroFlow, a behavioral health infrastructure company now working with the VA, national health plans, and health systems across the country. We talk about the 60% of people with a mental health diagnosis who never get treated, how AI helps flag suicide risk before it's too late, and the eighteen months NeuroFlow spent stuck...

John Zutter took over as CEO of Lantern in December 2016 — right after the company lost 50% of its clients in six months. Today, Lantern is one of the largest specialty care platforms in the country, serving 12 million people across 500+ facilities, with a surgical complication rate under 1% (vs. a national average of 8-15%). In this episode, we go deep on how Lantern rebuilt trust with employers,...

Kevin Schmidt is the co-founder and Chief Solutions Officer of CodaMetrix, the autonomous medical coding platform born inside Mass General Brigham and now live in more than 30 health systems, including Mayo Clinic. Kevin breaks down why building inside a hospital was an unfair advantage and what it cost them in speed, how autonomous coding differs from AI copilots, why a 70% drop in claim denials...

Tanay Tandon started Commure at 18 out of his Stanford dorm room, building FDA-cleared blood diagnostics before pivoting into revenue cycle management and ambient documentation. Today Commure is valued at $7B, processes tens of billions in claims annually, and automates 85%+ of billing workflows. In this episode, Tanay breaks down the Athelas-Commure merger, why he thinks point solutions are dead,...

Most founders think fertility benefits mean IVF coverage. Asima Ahmad built a company that proves otherwise. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Asima Ahmad, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Carrot Fertility. She's a practicing reproductive endocrinologist who built Carrot into a global platform operating in over 200 countries, and she still sees patients every week. That combination is ra...

What if the hardest problem in virtual care isn't the technology — it's building a clinician network that can legally practice across all 50 states? In this episode of Care Shift, I sit down with Michelle Davey, co-founder and CEO of Wheel — the white-label infrastructure platform quietly powering telehealth for some of the biggest brands in healthcare, including three of the top five larg...

Allon Bloch co-founded Wix. Then his father's stroke exposed how impersonal and data-starved medicine really is, so he built K Health, the AI clinical platform now trusted by Mayo Clinic, Cedars Sinai, Hartford HealthCare, and Hackensack Meridian. In this episode, Allon doesn't hold back. He calls "AI doctor in your pocket" startups' press releases without products, says pati...

Ian Chiang and Chirag Shah are back on Care Shift for our Q2 2026 Healthcare AI Report, breaking down where the money, the buyers, and the AI hype actually stand heading into the back half of the year. We cover how enterprise AI buying has matured from "does this work?" to "how much can you solve?", mega rounds and whether growth justifies valuations, the hottest deployment cat...

Most healthcare front desks are still overwhelmed by manual work and outdated call routing, but Imaad Rashied reveals how AI is transforming this bottleneck into a revenue-generating, patient-centric engine. Imagine a world where referrals are booked in minutes, patient holds drop from 11 minutes to less than one, and staff are freed up to focus on care navigation instead of repetitive tasks. That...

Most healthcare startups get stuck in long sales cycles, but Rainfall Health’s co-founder Eddie Qureshi reveals how they effortlessly compress multi-year contracts into under two weeks—and how to transform healthcare delivery with the right product mindset. If you're tired of the bureaucratic friction stalling innovation, this episode exposes the framework behind their success: building end-to...

Most AI companies claim they're revolutionizing drug discovery. Very few have actually put a molecule they designed into a human being and watched it work. Tom Miller, co-founder and CEO of Iambic, did exactly that. Starting with no drug development track record and a contrarian bet that AI-native biotechs should build the drugs themselves rather than sell tools to pharma, Tom built a huge clinica...

Most healthcare startups miss their chance by undervaluing brand-building early on. Kevin Knight reveals how crafting a bold, human-centered brand can transform perception, trust, and growth—especially in one of the most regulated, complex industries. If you’re a founder or operator in healthcare or any deeply regulated space, ignoring the power of your brand can leave you invisible in a crowded m...

Unlocking Healthcare Innovation: Insights from Sam Toole, Partner at Primary Venture PartnersIn this episode, we explore the journey of Sam Toole—from college surf schools to leading healthcare investments at Primary Venture Partners. Sam shares his operator experience, the nuances of healthcare sales cycles, and how his background shapes his approach to investing in groundbreaking healthtech star...

This episode dives into how venture studios are transforming healthcare innovation, with John Beadle sharing how Aegis Ventures leverages partnerships, industry relationships, and a flexible playbook to create impactful health tech companies. Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, or healthcare leader, discover the strategies shaping the next wave of healthcare solutions. In this episode:Th...

Learn about the integration of AI in creating real-time, custom health plans and how Angle Health is revolutionizing patient care. Explore the challenges and opportunities in healthcare data, the role of AI in enhancing medical insights, and the importance of strategic partnerships in driving innovation. Main Insights: AI's Transformative Power: AI is revolutionizing healthcare by improving data i...

Discover how AI is reshaping healthcare with Ardy Arianpour, founder and CEO of SEQSTER. Learn about the integration of AI in patient-centric interoperability, transforming fragmented health records into a unified platform. Explore the challenges and opportunities in healthcare data, the role of AI in enhancing medical insights, and the importance of strategic partnerships in driving innovation. M...

Most startups kill their growth by not understanding what really convinces payers, but our guest, Mike Roaldi, has cracked the code. After a decade at UnitedHealth, where he mastered the art of winning enterprise deals, he’s now leading CityBlock’s revolutionary expansion into Medicaid and Medicare at a scale most founders only dream of. This episode reveals the insider secrets to building credibi...

Explore the transformative role of AI in biotech with Thomas Clozel, co-founder of Owkin. Discover how AI is reshaping drug discovery, personalized medicine, and the future landscape of healthcare. Founded in 2016 by Thomas (a former clinical hematologist) and AI researcher Gilles Wainrib, Owkin pioneered federated learning in healthcare, a technique that lets AI models learn from siloed hospital...

This episode features Joe Cunningham, founding managing director and co-founder of Sante Ventures. We delve into the transformative role of AI in healthcare, exploring investment strategies, innovation, and the future landscape of biotech and medtech. Joe shares insights on how AI is reshaping patient care, investment opportunities, and the challenges and strategies for startups aiming to thrive i...