Vic is joined by guest host Mitch Mudra, founder of Ladder Health, to discuss the Minneapolis mass shooting, his background at UnitedHealth, and building Ladder to address developmental delays in children. They cover Walmart’s gains during inflation, job market risks, Nashville’s tunnel project, and major healthcare VC deals including LS AI and CAR T therapy. Other topics include AI in back-office operations, sleep and vision tech startups, CMS pre-authorization, CDC leadership turmoil, 340B rebate changes, UnitedHealth’s DOJ probe, Johns Hopkins’ contract fight, no-surprise billing costs, children’s hospital layoffs, Quest’s lab joint venture, and Walgreens’ breakup. They also review pharma updates from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, Web3 payment innovations, Nvidia’s growth slowdown, Apple’s potential deal with Google Gemini, perplexity’s publisher model, and the dangers of AI misuse highlighted by a teen suicide linked to ChatGPT.

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Links

00:45 How the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Unfolded WSJ

17:15Walmart Wins Over More Shoppers as Tariffs Push Prices Higher WSJ

18:12 Stagnant Job Market Is a Rising Risk for the U.S. Economy WSJ

19:15 Dow Loses About 350 Points After Record-Breaking Run WSJ

20:05 Boring Co. faces $1.7M annual fee for airport tunnel access in Nashville's ambitious transit plan Nash Business Journal

20:33 EliseAI banks $250M to fire up healthcare automation business Fierce Healthcare

22:37 Wugen woos VCs, landing $115M to bring fratricide-resistant CAR-T cell therapy to market

25:10 Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls TechCrunch

25:38 Sleep.ai raises $5.5M to aid in rest with data-backed sleeping insights Silicon Angle

27:34 Eyebot gets $20M Series A to expand eye care access TechCrunch

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