In the past few months, I've seen many new R&D lab startups now building in the medical AI space... It's exciting to see more energy in the field (although some folks are claiming slightly wild things like being the first frontier healthcare AI company) Seeing the progress has led me to reflect on our journey at @SophontAI and specifically how early we were with our conviction in the importance of a frontier medical AI lab. Back in beginning of 2025 when we started, the idea of a frontier medical AI lab was foreign to investors and researchers. The healthcare field wasn't foundation model-pilled enough, while the AI field had poor understanding of how medicine works. But I laid out a thesis for why this is needed and luckily a few amazing investors believed in it. I think a year and a half later, my thesis as a whole is starting to be vindicated and the field is picking up on it as well! Link: