durable, high quality revenue in agentic commerce can only come from a foundation of trust. consumers are still early in that journey. a few weeks ago, we may have thought emoji reactions and read receipts were enough, but the world is changing quickly! it’ll be interesting to see the brands, features and consumer experiences that ultimately win the trust wars.
1/ @simrangsuri and I spent months on a consumer AI report. One of the clearest findings: word of mouth from friends and creators drives how people discover AI, while paid marketing barely moves the needle. That got me thinking about personal agents 🧵
Today at @TechCrunch Founder Summit, @DaveBalter talks about why your pitch has to earn the next conversation, then judges So You Think You Can Pitch? alongside Chirag Shah and @simrangsuri.
NEW: Company Deep Dive — Kin Health
We sat down with CEO & Co-Founder Arpan Parikh, MD/MBA, who’s building the “Granola for patients” at Kin.
Built by physician founders for patients and caregivers, Kin turns visits into a longitudinal health record and is building an action layer for what comes next. 👇
I'm fascinated by the rise of frictionmaxxing as a response to a frictionless life. We engineer away inconvenience, only to discover that some of the friction we removed was part of what made life feel alive in the first place
made it out of the groupchat and all the way to Substack 🫢 my case for why the eagles and early stage consumer vcs have the same problem 💚🦅
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Welcome to RotoWire, Dr. Deepak Chona (@SportMDAnalysis)!
The Stanford- and Harvard-trained orthopedic sports surgeon brings in-depth, data-driven injury analysis to help fantasy managers make better lineup decisions.
@MeetKinHealth now consolidates your action items and care plan across all your doctor's visits, so you can see on one page all the things you need to address for your health. And you can also see that same unified view for your loved ones who have added you to their care circle!
Synergy Grade: A+
With LeBron James (Capricorn) now in the fold, the 76ers just became a legitimate problem in the East.
Connects well with Maxey, Embiid, Brown.
Wildcard: Coach Nurse, Edgecombe
mercury retrograde is over and all is right with the world. couldn’t be happier for @banu__guler and @costarastrology ✨thank you for creating the only app I’ve used religiously since 2018 🫶🏽
Midjourney is acquiring Co-Star. CEO @banu__guler is now Chief Design Officer at Midjourney. She's building a cross-functional design, product and frontend team for all our efforts. The Co-Star app will continue to operate under Banus complete control. Welcome Banu and team <3
Anyone who has helped a loved one navigate a serious diagnosis (or navigated one themselves) knows the feeling all too well. You leave your appointments with brochures, random iPhone notes with suggestions for referrals and lifestyle changes and the slight panic of wondering what you've missed. Patients don't always need another tool to replace their doctors, but one that helps them understand, organize and act on what their doctors say, and that's exactly what Kin is solving. Their free app records medical visits and turns them in to plain-language summaries patients can actually understand, use and share with their loved ones and any other providers they may see.
At @Maveron, we've met with dozens of teams building at the intersection of consumer health and AI. @DrParikhMBA, Amit, Kyle and the Kin team were the first ones we truly believed could align incentives between patients and providers, all while building a high-trust, accessible and honestly magical consumer experience. Huge congratulations to Arpan, Amit, Kyle and team on their launch and all that is to come!!
4 years ago, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. Our family has a dozen+ physicians in it and we still felt lost navigating her care. The average American doesn't stand a chance.
Today I'm so excited to announce Kin Health's $9M seed, led by @Maveron with participation from @townhallvntrs, @flexcapital, @EniacVC, The Family Fund, @pearvc, Watershed Ventures, and an incredible lineup of individuals. including 30+ physicians.
Kin is a free app that records your medical visits and turns them into plain-language summaries. Over time, it becomes a health record of what your doctor actually said, living in your pocket and owned by you.
TechCrunch piece by @IndianIdle in the replies.
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