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“We Bought a Hospital We Couldn’t Afford”: General Catalyst Becomes General Hospital

If someone, other than Houdini, has $1 billion and decides to buy something for $2 billion, the math simply doesn’t add up. Aside from…

12 min readJan 20, 2024

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“We Bought a Hospital We Couldn’t Afford”: General Catalyst Becomes General Hospital

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Digital Health 2024: 7 Predictions & 50 Names You Don’t Want to Miss

2023 was the year of digital health ‘parasites.’ Digital health has become the parasite of the tech industry. Digital health startups…

93 min readJan 2, 2024

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Digital Health 2024: 7 Predictions & 50 Names You Don’t Want to Miss

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The Death of Olive AI

The lack of focus, coupled with the “champagne and cocaine” mentality brought on by “easy” VC money totaling almost $1 billion, is what…

4 min readNov 1, 2023

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The Death of Olive AI

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The Madoff of Digital Health: How Lies and the SEC’s Code of Silence Killed Babylon and Cost…

Or, as Dr. David Watkins suggested, “Babylon Health, the Morally Bankrupt Unicorn — How Matt Hancock, the NHS, CQC, MHRA [and the SEC]…

128 min readOct 10, 2023

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The Madoff of Digital Health: How Lies and the SEC’s Code of Silence Killed Babylon and Cost…

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My 7 Rules of Running a Successful Startup. Some May Surprise You.

As a startup owner, how many times have you heard from VC investors and marketing gurus something along the lines, “I don’t know. You seem…

3 min readMar 24, 2022

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My 7 Rules of Running a Successful Startup. Some May Surprise You.

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Forbes VC Rankings Are Why VCs Suck at Investing

I propose two concrete changes to the VC investing to prevent the massive misallocation of capital by VCs.

1 min read6 days ago

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Forbes VC Rankings Are Why VCs Suck at Investing

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Sergei Polevikov

Cue Health Plays Its Final Note: Another Victim of VC’s ‘Pump & Dump’ Scheme

Same ol’ story. General Partners get super rich at the expense of the “mom-and-pop” investors who got super screwed.

3 min readJun 3, 2024

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Cue Health Plays Its Final Note: Another Victim of VC’s ‘Pump & Dump’ Scheme

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Epic is Next: What I’ve Learned from the 50 Largest Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks on the American…

Change Healthcare hasn’t been the first hacking attempt on an American healthcare system, and unfortunately, it won’t be the last. At this…

2 min readMay 23, 2024

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Epic is Next: What I’ve Learned from the 50 Largest Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks on the American…

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Sergei Polevikov

The Death of Walmart Health — An Inside Scoop

Walmart has been lying about the “success” and growth of Walmart Health for over a year. Meanwhile, things were so bad that Walmart’s…

2 min readMay 13, 2024

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The Death of Walmart Health — An Inside Scoop

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Med-Gemini by Google: A Boon for Researchers, A Bane for Doctors

I’ve read all 58 pages of Google’s latest paper on its new LLM for medicine, and I have low expectations. Here’s my rebuttal.

2 min readApr 30, 2024

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Med-Gemini by Google: A Boon for Researchers, A Bane for Doctors

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Sergei Polevikov

Sergei Polevikov

Math geek, author & health AI founder. I share raw insights from digital health, drawing from my experiences, mistakes & triumphs, at sergeiAI.substack.com

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