Pioneer Fund

The Pioneer Fund Podcast

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Pioneer Fund backs the strongest Y Combinator companies at the earliest stage. Founded by YC alumni, Pioneer is powered by a network of over 500 YC alumni Venture Partners who provide real-time insight into the companies, markets, and founders that matter most. The Pioneer Fund Podcast goes inside that world — with batch updates, founder interviews, and sharp takes on building and backing the breakout companies of tomorrow from one of the most active seed-stage investors globally. Subscribe wherever you listen.

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Inside Assort Health's Path to a $1.2B Series C 30.06.2026 23:18

Three years ago, Assort Health was two founders with no product. Today it's valued at $1.2 billion. Connor Hailey (W21) knows what it's like to build a healthcare startup from zero, having founded Axle Health through YC. That perspective is exactly what helped Pioneer spot Assort Health early. In this episode, Connor, Senior Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, and Dave Messina (GP, Pioneer Fu...

Jon Wang (Assort Health) on Building Voice AI for Healthcare at Scale 21.05.2026 27:14

Millions of patients still wait on hold just to reach their doctor's office. Jon Wang, Founder & Co-CEO of Assort Health, decided that was unacceptable — and built the AI to fix it. In conversation with Dave Messina (GP, Pioneer Future of Health), Jon shares how Assort reached 130M+ patient interactions, why specialty-specific AI matters, and where voice AI in healthcare goes from here. In...

Pioneer Future Of Health & YC W26: The AI Health Tech Moment 06.04.2026 40:18

In this episode, Jason Gray (Founder and General Partner, Pioneer Fund) and Dave Messina (General Partner, Pioneer Future of Health Fund) dive deep on the W26 Y Combinator batch and discuss key insights related to the Future of Health Fund coming out of one of the strongest biotech and health tech cohorts in recent history. The conversation covers how AI is reshaping drug discovery, replacing anim...