Today’s healthcare leaders are largely being sold “AI-as-a-service”: SaaS products that solve a specific task and connect to other SaaS products, enhanced with AI, as a wave of startups pushes
Four Reasons ECMO Programs Stall
For many tertiary care hospitals, not offering extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly difficult to justify. Choosing not to offer ECMO means patients who could survive are instead transferred, delayed,
Under FDA Clinical Hold, Aardvark Therapeutics Seeks Path Forward for Metabolic Drug
An Aardvark Therapeutics clinical trial that has been on voluntary pause for nearly three months due to a safety signal is now formally under an FDA clinical hold, and the
Anomaly Raises $17M for AI-Powered Payer Intelligence Platform
Anomaly Insights, an AI-powered payer intelligence company, announced Wednesday that it raised $17 million in funding. The company’s platform analyzes healthcare transactions to identify payer behavior patterns, policy changes and
IKS Health Acquires ARAI to Build Out Specialized AI Stack
IKS Health, a Dallas-based company that sells software to healthcare providers, acquired ARAI this week to deepen its agentic AI infrastructure and decrease its reliance on third-party AI models. The
Private Voice AI in Healthcare: How to Capture Critical Conversations Without Letting Patient Data Leave the Building
In many sectors, AI has gone fully mainstream. According to Slack’s latest 2025 Workforce Index, 60% of desk workers are now using it regularly. But healthcare operates under fundamentally different
FDA Approval Gives BeOne Medicines a New Challenger to AbbVie, Roche Cancer Drug
Several drugs are available for mantle cell lymphoma, but relapse is common in this rare blood cancer. When that happens, the disease typically does not respond to the therapy the
Shyld AI Snags $13M for Device that Disinfects Hospital Rooms Autonomously
Investors are becoming increasingly interested in AI tools that don’t just generate insights or recommendations, but actually autonomously carry out tasks to offload work from busy healthcare staff. On Thursday,
Carrot Expands AI Metabolic Health Program to Menopause
Carrot, a fertility and family care platform, announced on Thursday that it is expanding its AI metabolic health program to support women going through menopause. Menlo Park, California-based Carrot serves
Only 33% of Physicians Believe Health Plans’ Prior Auth Commitments Will Make a Difference
Last year, insurers made a series of commitments to streamline prior authorization, including improving transparency and standardizing electronic prior authorization. The commitments are being implemented throughout 2026 and 2027. However,









