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What's Happening with AI Outside of Silicon Valley with Aaditi Tamhankar

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Jan 12, 2026

Aaditi Tamhankar, a venture capitalist focused on food and health tech, shares insights on groundbreaking AI applications beyond Silicon Valley. She explains how AI is personalizing nutrition and enhancing health data access, especially in developing regions. The conversation includes innovative tools like barcode-scanning apps and smartphone health screenings for preventive care. Aaditi also discusses the importance of diversifying diets and emerging allergy therapies, painting a transformative picture of the future of food and health.

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INSIGHT

AI Breaks Out Of Silicon Valley

Many major AI breakthroughs occur outside Silicon Valley in labs, farms, kitchens, and clinics.
Aaditi Tamhankar says the application layer on top of foundational models will democratize health and food innovation.

ADVICE

Use Apps To Democratize Health Choices

Use smartphone apps that scan barcodes and ingredients to simplify healthy choices at the grocery store.
Personalize foundational models with your symptoms and data to get more useful health guidance than generic checkups.

INSIGHT

Phones As Health Screening Tools

A 60-second smartphone video can yield biomarkers like anemia, heart rate, and blood pressure using camera and voice signals.
Aaditi frames this as democratizing prevention where smartphones replace some primary-care barriers.

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Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence Podcast with Jonathan Green! In this episode, we look beyond Silicon Valley to explore how AI is transforming food, health, and the future of what we eat with our special guest, Aaditi Tamhankar—a venture capitalist deeply focused on the future of food, health tech, and biology-driven innovation.

Aaditi explains why some of the most important breakthroughs in AI are happening outside traditional tech hubs—in labs, farms, kitchens, and clinics. She walks us through how AI is being used to:

Design food products faster and smarter
Personalize nutrition at the individual level
Extend healthy lifespan by shifting focus from treatment to prevention
Democratize health knowledge for everyday people, not just elites

We also dive into the hidden physical cost of AI—its demand for electricity, water, and infrastructure—and how that connects to larger shifts like the resurgence of nuclear power.

From barcode-scanning food apps to microbiome analysis, smart toilets, and AI-powered health screenings via your smartphone camera, Aaditi paints a picture of a world where health data becomes more objective, accessible, and actionable for everyone—especially in developing countries where smartphones are far more common than laptops.

Notable Quotes:

“Over the next 20 minutes I’m gonna show you why some of the most important breakthroughs in AI are happening outside of Silicon Valley.” – Aaditi Tamhankar
“We live in this world with conflicting information, disinformation, and information from dubious sources… consumers are very confused right now.” – Aaditi Tamhankar
“What might change your life? Understanding the microbiome.” – Aaditi Tamhankar
“Right now we’re in this time where it’s big food against big pharma. You have two Goliaths battling it out.” – Aaditi Tamhankar
“One in eight Americans has already been on a GLP‑1. These drugs have only really been used for weight loss for a couple of years—that’s insane.” – Aaditi Tamhankar
“We think AI is this digital thing that has no impact on the world, but it uses massive amounts of power, electricity, space, and water.” – Jonathan Green
“If you don’t eat a lot of sweet stuff, your definition of sweet really shifts. A strawberry can become a 10 out of 10 sweet.” – Jonathan Green

Connect with Aaditi Tamhankar:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaditi-tamhankar/
TikTok: Nine to Thrive
Email: aaditi@bluesteinventures.com

Aaditi shares where she’s investing in the future of food and health, and invites founders and innovators in the space to reach out, share what they’re building, and explore how AI can unlock the next generation of food and health breakthroughs.

If you’re curious about AI, nutrition, longevity, and the real-world impact of emerging tech on everyday lives, you won’t want to miss this episode.

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