Daniel Ek

Father, husband and these days running Prima Materia - Trying to build things that matter | Founder of Spotify and Neko Health

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

20 years ago, I was here in New York, pitching a small startup from Europe.

This week, I'm back here, once again in pitch mode, talking to friends old and new about democratizing preventive health with @Neko.

I've always been obsessed with building the most amazing product possible. And with Neko, the end goal is to truly change consumer behaviour. We want as many people as possible to have access to quality preventive healthcare - not for the 1%, but for the 99%.

Thank you to my co-founder Hjalmar (@HNilsonne) and to the amazing team that made our first New York clinic opening possible today.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

Launch day! 🗽🇺🇸

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@scottbelsky @tferriss @Neko Thank you Scott. It was great seeing you.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@andyhelbig Thank you. No assembly required though 🤣

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

Haters will say it’s AI

Welcome to NYC @Neko Health 😂

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@IbrahimAjami @shak @Neko Thank you Ibrahim. Only the beginning. More to come!

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@brettdash_ Amazing! Hope you enjoy it.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

About to head into Neko launch week. Keeps reminding me of Spotify’s US launch 15 years ago. The product is different. The feeling in my stomach is not!

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@FoundersPodcast Congrats my man. Ten years is a big milestone. What a great privilege to be doing ones life's work.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@tobi Looks like my dream house! 😂

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@mhdempsey I like the pressure this puts on the product you offering being truly amazing. But, how much of their operation do you end up having to take over? Or is it maybe just a function of time and us not being there on automations yet?

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@NatalieFratto @Neko @shak @N_Sportelli @sarahmcbride @alexisohanian So glad you enjoyed it! Love that the conversation afterwards was your favorite part.

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@patrick_oshag So glad you enjoyed trying it again my friend. 🙏🏻

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@msuster @Neko @shak So glad you had a good experience!

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@alexrkonrad @Neko @sarahmcbride @UpstartsMediaCo So happy you enjoyed the experience!

[Michael Mignano @mignano]

I had my second @Neko experience yesterday (as one of the first 10 ever in the new NYC location).

Not surprisingly, it was incredible. And better than my first time in London. This new location has their new gen 2 tech which was a noticeable difference in both experience (tech, how your data is communicated with you, etc) and actual diagnostics (new tests, etc).

Having these two data points now makes it even clearer to me that they’re going to keep packing more and more into a single experience.

Hard to see how this doesn’t become the best way for people to quickly get a complete understanding of their health, all wrapped in an extremely premium yet affordable experience.

Thanks and major congrats to @shak @eldsjal @HNilsonne!

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@packyM So glad you enjoyed it! Much more to come...

[Daniel Ek @eldsjal]

@hbarra Congrats! 🎉 amazing execution by you and the team!

[New York Post @nypost]

Neko Health Scan opening first US clinic in NYC in September https://t.co/aKX0XN2NeK

[Shakil Khan @shak]

Hello NYC, Hello @Neko

Launching September 24th …

25,000 NYers on the waitlist already,

Reminds me of when we launched Spotify in the US back in the day, funny experiencing it a second time round in my career.