Using AI to Detect Heart Abnormalities in 7 Seconds: The 15-Year-Old Founder Building Circadian AI
From The Business of AI in Healthcare by Robert Kaiser
May 25, 2026 · 28 min · Season 3 · Episode 3
About this episode
This episode features a conversation with 15-year-old Siddharth Nandiala about his AI company Circadian AI and its technology for early cardiovascular screening.
In this episode of The Business of AI in Healthcare , Dr. Bob Kaiser speaks with Siddharth Nandiala , the 15-year-old founder and CEO of Circadian AI , a healthcare AI company working on early cardiovascular screening. Siddharth shares how a childhood interest in STEM, coding, and entrepreneurship led him to build technology that uses iPhone-recorded heart sounds to help identify potential heart health abnormalities. The conversation covers AI in healthcare, preventive screening, rural healthcare access, clinical validation, FDA pathways, and the role of young innovators in shaping the future of medical technology. This episode explores how artificial intelligence may help expand access to heart health screening, support clinicians, and bring earlier detection tools to communities that need them most.
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Bob Kaiser
Guest: Siddharth Nandiala
Topics covered
- AI in healthcare
- cardiovascular screening
- preventive screening
- rural healthcare access
- young innovators
- medical technology
Keywords
- AI
- heart abnormalities
- healthcare
- screening
- technology
- youth innovation
- cardiology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Circadian AI
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