{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health:Further","title":"186 - How AI Agents Are Quietly Rewriting Jobs, Healthcare, and the Economy","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3c9ad215\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3662,"description":"Vic and Marcus break down a surge in AI development, starting with Vic’s hands-on experience building autonomous agents and what it reveals about the future of work, productivity, and identity. They discuss the growing gap between economic growth and job creation, the psychological impact of AI on workers, and parallels to past industry disruptions. The episode covers venture activity in healthcare, including AI-native operating systems, fertility innovation, and value-based care startups, alongside policy updates like digital health reimbursement models and system-wide labor tensions. They examine the expanding role of GLP-1 drugs beyond weight loss, major pharma momentum, and the increasing convergence of AI and healthcare. The conversation shifts to infrastructure challenges with data centers, global competition, and regulatory friction, before diving into rapid AI advancements across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and robotics, ending with a broader reflection on purpose, identity, and adapting in an accelerating world.LinksStory 1: Economic Rundown12:32 -The Economy Is Growing, Jobs Aren’t. Why That Might Be OK. WSJ18:50 - Process to Refund Tariffs to Begin Next Week WSJ19:22 - U.S. Economy Remains Resilient in Face of Iran War, Banks Say WSJStory 2:  VC 20:06 - Keebler Health secures $16M in series A funding for AI-powered risk adjustment platform Fierce Healthcare20:36 - AI-Enabled Fertility Care and Longevity Provider ONTO Health Closes $20 Million Series funded by ARTIS and Humania YahooN/A - Helical raises $10M seed for virtual pharma AI lab Axios21:05 - Ultralight Raises $9.3M Seed Round SaaS News22:32 - Joyful Health Raises $17M in Series A Funding for FinTech FinSms Story 3:  FDA Peptides23:01 - FDA moves toward easing restrictions on certain peptides Healthcare DiveStory 4:  ACCESS23:56 - CMS accepts more than 150 providers, digital health firms for ACCESS model Healthcare DiveStory 5:  BSW Exits ACA & Medicaid25:38 - Baylor Scott & White Health Plan to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qQpNWNNt0Jii-gH3dDJO-qaNGcqviKTTp8BwIkelLC8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGIy/YjcyMGFhYTI5N2Zh/ODNjMjdhYzRkMTcz/NGQyNC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}