This Week in Startups: Building a blood-testing startup in 2023 with Vital CEO Vasu Nadella | E1801
Jason Calacanis 9/4/23 - Episode Page
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Today’s show:
Vital Biosciences CEO Vasu Nadella joins Jason to discuss exactly how Vital’s “VitalOne” conducts 50+ blood tests with a small sample of blood (9:16), building investor trust in the wake of past industry failures (18:45), creating accessible care (40:35), and much more!
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Vital Biosciences CEO and Co-Founder Vasu Nadella joins Jason
(1:18) Theranos’ background and what prompted Vasu to pursuit
(7:56) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(9:16) Vasu demos how the VitalOne works, lessons learned on Vital’s journey
(18:45) Scaling the company, raising a war chest, building trust in the product, benchmarking and governance for labs
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(29:07) State of lab robotics, paths for incorporating AI into Vital’s technology, benefits of converging technologies
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(40:35) Creating accessible modern lab testing
(45:38) Consumer behavior and the outcome of consumers controlling spend
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