Bio Eats World Podcast
1) How AI Cut Healthcare Burnout by 70%
In this episode, a16z GP Julie Yoo sits down with Peter McCanna, CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, to break down how one of America's largest health systems is transforming from a supply-driven "wal...Show More
2) The Future of Healthcare Payments: CMS Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton
A labor and delivery nurse who ran Senate healthcare policy now manages $1.7 trillion in federal health spending—and she runs her team like a startup. Steph Carlton, Chief of Staff and Deputy Adminis...Show More
3) How to Build This Generation's Big Pharma Company
Drug discovery has doubled the flow of candidates, but approvals remain roughly flat. The constraint is development, not discovery. In this episode, a16z General Partner, Jorge Conde talks with Form...Show More
4) CVS Health: Building Healthcare’s Consumer Platform
Josh Weiner left Meta to return to CVS Health with two painful realizations: consumers don't manage their health—they expect it, and the healthcare market fundamentally violates every principle of eco...Show More
5) Dyno Therapeutics: Empowering Patients with Genetic Agency
For the first time in human history, we can diagnose thousands of genetic diseases—often for under $1,000—but we still can't treat most of them. The problem isn't understanding what's broken; it's del...Show More
6) Value-Based Oncology at Scale: Inside Thyme Care
Cancer care in the U.S. costs over $250 billion each year, and nearly 2 million Americans receive a new diagnosis annually, yet too often the journey begins with silence: no call, no plan, no guide. ...Show More
7) The Consumer Becomes the Payor: How ICHRA Unlocks a New Era in Healthcare
In this episode, Julie Yoo and Jay Rughani are joined by Thatch cofounders Chris Ellis and Adam Stevenson to explore why ICHRA—a more recent policy innovation—might quietly revolutionize employer-spon...Show More
8) Engaging the Unengaged at Home with Max Cohen and Cameron Behar
In this episode, Sprinter Health co-founders Max Cohen and Cameron Behar sit down with Julie Yoo to unpack how their home-based care model reaches underserved populations and reintegrates “the unenga...Show More
9) Streamlining the Patient Referrals Chain with Trey Holterman
In this episode, Tennr cofounder and CEO Trey Holterman sits down with a16z’s David Haber and Jay Rughani to unpack one of healthcare’s most overlooked pain points: patient referral logistics.
10) From Chaos to Clarity in Data with Malinka Walaliyadde
Malinka Walaliyadde, cofounder and CEO of AKASA, joins Julie Yoo to unpack how large language models have the potential to transform hospital revenue by automating highly nuanced coding and billing wo...Show More