Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

About this episode

Julie Yoo discusses her extensive experience in healthcare and her role in investing in AI health companies.

Julie Yoo has seen healthcare from nearly every angle, as a founder who scaled Kyruus to 20 million patients, as a board member, and now as a General Partner at a16z leading investments in some of the most consequential AI health companies being built ...

People in this episode

Guest: Julie Yoo

Topics covered

• healthcare
• AI health companies
• investments
• entrepreneurship
• business strategy

Keywords

• healthcare
• AI
• investments
• Julie Yoo
• a16z
• Kyruus
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: a16z, Kyruus

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