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There\u2019s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that\u2019s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination.\u00a0Two to four hours of OR time is lost every single day, not because of the surgeries themselves, but because of everything in\u00a0between from\u00a0manual scheduling and coordination chaos to guesswork about room turnover.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today on TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity<\/a>\u00a0podcast,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0bringing you a conversation that TechCrunch AI Editor Russell Brandom had with Conor McGinn, co-founder and CEO of Akara, the startup that recently landed a spot on\u00a0Time\u2019s Best Inventions of 2025<\/a>\u00a0and is building what\u2019s\u00a0essentially air\u00a0traffic control for hospitals using thermal sensors and AI.<\/p>\n Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n