the physical world.
Conversations with the founders and investors building healthcare AI, robotics, and the infrastructure powering intelligent machines.
Care Shift: the podcast for builders bringing AI into the real world
We dive into each guest's perspective on building, funding, and scaling transformative technology companies, the lessons founders should know early, and where AI can create the biggest real-world impact. Hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, Care Shift brings together founders and investors across healthcare AI, robotics, physical AI, and the LLM infrastructure powering intelligent machines.
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Founders & investors
LiveMatthias Hofmann
Co-Founder & CEO, Eyebot
LiveOthman Laraki
Co-Founder, Color Health
Joe Cunningham
Managing Partner, Sante Ventures
Mario Schlosser
Co-Founder & CTO, Oscar Health
Allon Bloch
Co-Founder & CEO, K Health
Thomas Clozel
Co-Founder & CEO, Owkin
What the interviews taught us
What do healthcare VCs look for in seed stage companies?
Healthcare investors underwrite distribution and durability, not novelty. They look for a workflow someone already pays badly to solve, a data or integration advantage that compounds, and a product that serves a second and third customer without a rewrite. Founders are judged on whether they can reach the buyer at all.
Read 3 source episodesWhy do hospital AI pilots fail to scale?
Most hospital AI pilots fail because the work never lands in the system of record, the success metric measures activity instead of resolution, and no executive owns the number the tool moves. Pilots that scale make staff days quieter, write back into the EHR, and report outcomes the buyer already tracks.
Read 3 source episodesHow do healthtech startups sell to hospitals and health systems?
Health system deals move on specificity, not vision. Founders who win walk in with the buyer's own numbers, scope a single department, go live in weeks, and give the executive who owns that metric a reason to expand. Distribution, not the clinical insight, is the hard part of healthtech.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Care Shift?
Care Shift is a podcast hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, co-general partner of Vaelion Ventures. It features founders and investors building transformative companies across healthcare AI, robotics, physical AI, and the LLM infrastructure powering intelligent machines.
Who hosts the Care Shift podcast?
Care Shift is hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, co-general partner of Vaelion Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in applied AI and healthcare. He previously co-founded VitalTrack Health, a remote patient monitoring platform serving nephrology practices.
What is The Care Shift Podcast about?
Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with a founder or investor building technology for the real world. We explore how they built, funded, and scaled their companies, the lessons founders should learn early, and where AI can create the greatest practical impact.
Who has been on the podcast?
Guests have included leaders from Commure, Oscar Health, Suki, Cedar, Qventus, and K Health, as well as venture investors from firms such as Santé Ventures, Aegis Ventures, Define Ventures, and Flare Capital.
What does Care Shift invest in?
Care Shift covers healthcare AI, robotics, physical AI, and the LLM infrastructure that helps intelligent machines perceive, reason, and act in the real world.
How can founders get in touch or pitch Care Shift?
Founders and investors working across healthcare AI, robotics, physical AI, or LLM infrastructure can reach out at info@careshift.vc. Prospective podcast guests can use the same address.
Where can I listen to Care Shift?
Care Shift is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, and every episode has a full written transcript at careshift.vc/episodes. New episodes and takeaways are also sent through the Care Shift newsletter on Substack.