David Deng

@sonatahealth

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

The science behind this isn't new. What's new is AI that can reason through it: read the literature, connect a genome to a lab panel to a family history. SONATA pairs that with a clinician who acts on it. This is what healthcare looks like when it's built around your biology.

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

Modern medicine is built on population averages, but my health data is not average. A "normal" lab range is just what's typical for a reference population. It may not mean optimal for you.

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

Luckily my SONATA doctor explained to me that e4/e4 is not a verdict. It's a genotype that shapes how my biology handles lipids, inflammation, and amyloid clearance. SONATA sets personalized targets, since population avg targets would let damage build for the next 20 years.

[Deena Shakir @deenashakir]

Excited to share that @sonatahealth is emerging from stealth today, and proud that @Lux_Capital is unveiling our investment.

What impressed us from day one wasn’t just the product. It was the team.

@SaganSchultz (physician + early product at @Linear) and David (Flatiron clinical genomics + early engineer at @tryramp) bring together medicine, product, and engineering in exactly the right way for this moment.

SONATA is building preventive healthcare for the AI era: combining deep biological testing, longitudinal physician relationships, and clinical AI to help people stay healthier, longer.

If you know me, you know I’m especially excited about what they’re building for women’s health, where longitudinal, context-aware care has the potential to be truly transformative.

If you’re in NYC, SF, or LA and want to take a more proactive approach to your health, I highly recommend checking them out: https://t.co/tj0HiT0dNj

Congrats to the entire SONATA team. And a fun one to tag-team with my partner @lanjiang653 . 🚀

[Sagan Schultz @SaganSchultz]

Today we're launching SONATA (@sonatahealth) , a doctor-led healthcare membership focused on preventing disease before it starts, backed by $7M from @Lux_Capital, @BoxGroup, @seedtosunflower the founders of @tryramp and @linear, and other angels and operators.

I spent nearly a decade working in NYC restaurants through college, med school, and business school. Danny Meyer built that world on one idea, anticipating what someone needs before they ask. Every day I'd walk into the hospital and watch medicine do the opposite. Wait for disease, react to crisis, move on. I could never reconcile the two worlds. At Linear, we made the same bet, that people can feel craft. They can. Somehow that thinking has reached almost every industry except the one that matters most. I can't unsee it.

Most people I know are already working hard on their health. They track their sleep, their training, their biomarkers. They read the studies. Their data is a thousand times richer than anything their doctor will ever see. They're trying to stay ahead of the problems they watched their parents face, willing to try almost anything. The system was never built to meet them there, so they've taken it on themselves. Interpreting their own labs, coordinating specialists who don't talk to each other, asking ChatGPT to make sense of it all. It's become a second job, and an exhausting one. We're trusting less than ever, spending more than ever, and we're still not well.

SONATA is the version of care I couldn't find. Board-certified physicians who go deep into your whole biology, your genome, your biomarkers, how you're actually aging, and then stay with you over time. Behind them, clinical AI we built to connect the dots across all of it, surfacing patterns that would otherwise go unseen. Not a dashboard of endless vanity metrics, and not a set of recommendations you're left to execute alone. A care team that knows you deeply, anticipates what you need, and carries the complexity so you don't have to. Care that compounds.

We are live in NYC, SF, and LA. You can learn more at https://t.co/IA7RzOO76r.

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@crosbylegal @IndexVentures @BainCapVC @eladgil @sequoia @CooleyLLP @patrickc let me off the waitlist por favor!!

[Jack Altman @jaltma]

If you want a project to move faster, put fewer people on it.

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@RounderSpoon you should learn to have a VC brother

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@RounderSpoon :(

[Patrick Timmons @PatrickTimmons1]

I have run out of words to describe my love for Arsenal Football Club.

[Sophia Deng @sophdeng]

My podcast about GAMES is out in the world!

Game of Life Podcast (@golifepod) is a conversation show about how the games we love & play teach us about Life, the ultimate game.

https://t.co/DqaB7CyV0B

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@RounderSpoon We weren’t messaging yesterday, excuse you

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@RounderSpoon Oh nooooo :( feel better soon!

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@SrPablo a gentleman in moscow reference i see you

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@alexsongis https://t.co/oJWcPll0Pr

[David Deng @itsdaviddeng]

@_ggiill_ Hahaha lfg!!