AI in Healthcare: The Leapfrog Opportunity
From Raising Health by Andreessen Horowitz, a16z Bio + Health
February 24, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 137
About this episode
Julie Yoo discusses how healthcare can leverage AI to transform care delivery models rapidly.
At the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit 2025, Julie Yoo, General Partner at a16z Bio + Health, makes the case that healthcare is uniquely positioned to benefit from AI more than any other industry. She argues that healthcare's historical underinvestment in technology is now an asset, enabling the industry to leapfrog directly to AI-native models of care delivery with unprecedented speed and scale.
People in this episode
Guest: Julie Yoo
Topics covered
- AI in healthcare
- technology investment
- care delivery models
- healthcare innovation
- industry transformation
Keywords
- AI
- healthcare
- technology
- innovation
- care delivery
- investment
- industry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: a16z Bio + Health, Oliver Wyman
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