www.a16z.news The State of Longevity The healthmaxxing economy is here We raised a $75M Series B to deploy intelligent robots now, led by @a16z, with participation from @usv and @neo.
@tutorintel robots work real jobs across the United States, directed by human “tutors” and the foundation models we’ve trained on the work done. This round accelerates frontier model training, robot manufacturing, and deployment into industry.
We’re in almost 4x as many sites as a year ago; nearly a third of this year’s deployments went to existing customers coming back for more; and we’re on track to have more than 1,000 robots under contract by the end of 2027.
Our mission is to proliferate robotics for the common good. If you want to make robots reliably do things others think are impossible, for people who’ve never had access to this technology, join us.View quoted post on X
Every conversation we have with @tjparker and the @GeneralMedicine team is a lot of fun. So we recorded one on what it means to build "the healthcare store"
00:00 Intro
00:54 Why health care needs a store
04:51 Getting a biopsy booked in three days
07:13 Lessons from his dad’s pharmacy and PillPack
11:12 Why Amazon Pharmacy was so hard to build
15:40 Why TJ went full-time as CEO
17:10 How do you define a product in healthcare?
20:05 Building a two-sided healthcare marketplace
25:18 How AI works for patients and providers
31:02 Coverage, cash prices and price transparency
37:23 Partnerships and the business modelView quoted post on X
a16z.com Investing in General Medicine | Andreessen Horowitz a16z leads General Medicine's Series B 
alephsurgical.com Aleph superhuman, autonomous surgery @dylanmcguir3 and I just raised a $7.5M pre-seed led by @a16z to build a robotic surgeon @alephsurgery
Much of the early investment in Physical AI has focused on industries where labor is relatively abundant and low-cost. We believe the biggest opportunities to change the world lie at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Surgery is among the most valuable forms of labor on the planet, but it's far too scarce and expensive - due to an exceptionally long training pipeline and highly concentrated expertise.
We’re building the first surgeon that scales: one system that can acquire, refine, and transfer surgical skills across millions of procedures. v1 is already learning to perform surgical tasks autonomously from demonstrations, and improve from its own experience.
Lots of great folks behind us! @BoxGroup, Reveille VC, Constellation, @forward_deploy, @Valkyrie_vc, @DiscipulusVent, @maniacvc + moreView quoted post on X
