The Healthtech Podcast #431 Neko: The Future of Healthcare? With Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO
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Jan 28, 2026 Hjalmar Nilsonne, Co-founder and CEO of Neko Health, builds preventive health scanning and longitudinal data systems. He describes Neko’s £299 full-body scans, mole mapping and cardiovascular bed tests. Listens to how they built custom imaging, shifted to consumer-first clinics, use AI to aid clinicians, and aim to scale prevention and prove ROI for broader access.
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Prevention Requires Data And Interpretation
- Neko built a preventive-health model by solving data collection and interpretation simultaneously.
- Cheap, frequent data plus AI-driven conclusions can enable proactive primary care at scale.
Daniel Ek Sparked The Mission
- Daniel Ek directly messaged Hjalmar and asked him to explore redesigning healthcare from first principles.
- That conversation sparked Neko's founding and a focus on prevention over reactive care.
Off‑the‑Shelf Tech Often Isn't Fit For AI
- Existing medical devices were designed for human-readable, low-quality data storage.
- Neko had to build custom hardware and software to capture high-quality, AI-ready health data.
