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Ex-Genentech trio raises half a billion for AI healthcare startup

Original: Here's what you get when you mix AI, an ex-Genentech trio, a knotty healthcare system and a half-billion dollars

Three former Genentech executives have launched an AI-focused healthcare startup backed by roughly half a billion dollars in funding, according to business press coverage. The venture aims to apply artificial intelligence to the complexity of the US healthcare system, and the size of the raise and the founders' biotech pedigrees are drawing attention from investors and industry watchers.

Why now: The large funding round and prominent ex-Genentech founders make it a notable new AI healthcare venture.

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