The Power and Opportunity of AI in Preventing Diseases

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I believe that most of these disorders that we face are preventable. And I think that that's because of what we've seen now with epigenetics, with the effect of stress and diet on the human body. That is mind blowing to me. There's a lot of really great work happening right now in diabetes; there's even some great work in reversing diabetes. If you can track that the person is developing the condition early, one of the challenges that we have today is that we're still looking at endpoints that we don't fully understand. We're looking at cholesterol, blood pressure, things that may be indicative of a problem, but things that don't necessarily tell you what the

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CEO and Founder of Vistim Labs James Hamet joins Jason, as they discuss the current roadblocks with diagnosing dementia (1:18), before James breaks down how they use AI to detect signs of neurological disease (23:29). Then, Jason sits down with Kaitlin Malin at SALT iConnections New York, to discuss the keys to angel investing and AI (40:52).

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(0:00) James joins Jason

(1:18) The faults with how we diagnose Dementia today

(6:46) Visitim Labs’ product

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(10:46) Test trials and patient demographics

(12:53) Vistim’s go-to-market strategy

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(20:32) James shares a video demoing Vistim Labs’ capabilities

(23:29) James’ previous startup, Neurable