{"id":217152,"date":"2026-01-16T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/the-ai-healthcare-gold-rush-is-here-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:57:03","slug":"the-ai-healthcare-gold-rush-is-here-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/the-ai-healthcare-gold-rush-is-here-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"The AI healthcare gold rush is here | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In just the past week, OpenAI\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/12\/openai-buys-tiny-health-records-startup-torch-for-reportedly-100m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bought health startup Torch<\/a>, Anthropic launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/12\/anthropic-announces-claude-for-healthcare-following-openais-chatgpt-health-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claude for healthcare<\/a>, and Sam Altman-backed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/15\/openai-invests-in-sam-altmans-brain-computer-interface-startup-merge-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MergeLabs closed a $250 million seed round<\/a>\u00a0at an $850 million valuation. The money and products are pouring into health\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/13\/elevenlabs-ceo-says-the-voice-ai-startup-crossed-330-million-arr-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and voice AI<\/a>, but so are concerns about hallucination risks, inaccurate medical information, and massive security vulnerabilities in systems handling sensitive patient data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equity<\/a>\u00a0podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane dig into why\u00a0the\u00a0AI\u00a0world\u00a0is suddenly obsessed with health care, what other products can expect an AI-makeover, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/the-ai-healthcare-gold-rush-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast.\u00a0 In just the past week, OpenAI\u00a0bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched\u00a0Claude for healthcare, and Sam Altman-backed\u00a0MergeLabs closed a $250 million seed round\u00a0at an $850 million valuation. The money and products are pouring into health\u00a0and voice AI, but so are concerns about hallucination risks, inaccurate medical information, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-217152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}