Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders

Summary:
In today's medical system, getting a proper diagnosis and course of treatment can take ages, with potentially disastrous consequences for your health. Today, we're spotlighting a company that's trying to change that paradigm, using the power of AI.  

George Tomeski is the CEO of Helfie.ai, a company whose platform will allow you to assess a whole host of health conditions using only your smartphone. And they hope to bring that ability to billions of people around the world who have historically lacked access to proper medical care.   

In this episode, we get into the fascinating origins of Helfie.ai, the company's groundbreaking tech, and George's thoughts on AI's evolving role in the healthcare sector.


Highlights:
  • George's professional journey (2:18)
  • Origin of Helfie.ai (3:32)
  • The people healthcare is leaving behind (5:45)
  • How Helfie.ai works (7:28)
  • Working with healthcare orgs (9:53)
  • Next steps after disease identification (10:58)
  • Choosing which diseases to tackle (13:15)
  • Building the algorithm (14:19)
  • Partnerships (17:35)
  • Helfia.ai funding (18:33)
  • The leadership team (19:41)
  • Thoughts on the future of AI in healthcare (20:49)
  • What's on the horizon for Helfie.ai (24:10)

Links:
George's LinkedIn
Helfie.ai LinkedIn
Helfie.ai Website
ICR LinkedIn
ICR Twitter
ICR Website


Feedback:
If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, joe@lowerstreet.co.


What is Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders?

In the increasingly crowded and competitive corporate and financial ecosystem, it’s harder than ever for companies to break through the clutter and be heard. The media, investors, agenda-driven influencers, even customers and competitors, are defining your business story on their terms. Therefore, it is imperative that companies take control and proactively drive the conversation with stakeholders in an effort to build & maintain equity value.

In Welcome to the Arena from ICR, Co-Founder & CEO of ICR, Tom Ryan, interviews key business and financial players who influence the fate of public or aspiring public companies in the capital markets. As a former Wall Street Journal ranked sell-side equity analyst and the founder of one of the largest strategic communications firms in the world, Tom understands what it takes to navigate this complex environment.

This is a forum for CEOs, CFOs, institutional investors, sell-side analysts, financial journalists, private equity professionals and other financial community participants to share their stories and give advice in an open and candid conversation.

For more information, visit http://www.icrinc.com