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AI Optics Sentinel Camera
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:05 pm January 31, 2025
AI Optics, an AI-enabled medical device company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Sentinel Camera. The handheld retinal imaging system captures high-quality images of the human eye, helping to address gaps in retinal disease screening through a portable and accessible tool. The aim of the Sentinel Camera is to enable point-of-care retinal imaging that would eliminate the need for some...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:04 pm January 31, 2025
Cognizant, an IT consulting firm, announced it is expanding its existing relationship with biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to deliver better cost leadership and productivity enhancement for Gilead, while extracting greater value from the existing relationship.  Harnessing the power of machine learning and generative AI within an agentic framework, the work deals with multiple use cases...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:35 pm January 31, 2025
Bicycle Health, a company that offers virtual opioid disorder treatment, announced it secured $16.5 million in funding. Existing Questa Capital led the round with participation from other existing investors, including Frist Cressey Ventures, SignalFire, Hustle Fund, Valeo Ventures, City Light Capital and InterAlpen Partners. New investor JSL Health also joined the round.  The Boston-based company...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 05:31 pm January 30, 2025
NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company, announced it acquired virtual mental and behavioral health platform Quartet Health in a deal that is expected to close at the end of January. NeuroFlow’s technology and analytics platform combines behavioral health into physical health workflows while focusing on the "enablement of care delivery and visibility into quality and risk...
SpaceX building
By  Jessica Hagen 02:02 pm January 30, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a call for proposals from companies to study how the human body adapts to space, with a focus on enhancing health and wellbeing during long-duration missions. "SpaceX is looking for exceptional science and research ideas that will enable life in space and on other planets. Research proposals submitted to SpaceX will be reviewed and evaluated based on mission...
Technician performing ultrasound
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:03 pm January 30, 2025
Sound Blade Medical, a medical device company that develops handheld ultrasound-guided histotripsy technology, announced it raised $16.5 million in Series A funding. The round was coled by Amzak Health and Lumira Ventures, with participation from Invest Nova Scotia.  WHAT IT DOES Sound Blade Medical develops handheld histotripsy technology, a noninvasive, non-ionizing and non-thermal ablation...
Two healthcare professionals looking at diagnostic images
By  Jessica Hagen 12:59 pm January 30, 2025
California-based Rad AI, a generative AI radiology workflow company, has secured $60 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, which brings the company's total raise to more than $140 million and bumps up its valuation to $525 million. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Cone Health, World Innovation Lab, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund,...
Person sitting in a chair while looking out a window with another person standing beside them
By  Jessica Hagen 03:01 pm January 29, 2025
SafelyYou, maker of AI-enabled technology for fall detection and prevention, closed a $43 million Series C funding round led by Touring Capital, bringing its total raise to more than $100 million.  Samsung Next, Omega Healthcare Investors, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Cross Creek and Qualcomm Ventures participated in the round.  The San Francisco-based company offers ambient AI technology...
Headshot of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:16 pm January 29, 2025
At his confirmation hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's controversial pick to lead the Health and Human Services, said rural hospitals will be a priority if he is confirmed as health secretary. Kennedy told the committee that President Trump is determined to end the "hemorrhage of rural hospitals" through the use of AI and telemedicine, and...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:18 pm January 29, 2025
The Helper Bees, an independent technology platform focusing on how older adults live and age, announced it has raised $35 in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Centana Growth Partners, with support from Silverton Partners, Impact Engine, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Alumni Ventures.  WHAT IT DOES The Helper Bees is an independent aging platform that aims to help insurers...