The Godmother of Silicon Valley is helping launch an AI healthcare residency program
THE SO WHAT
An AI healthcare “residency” for startup co-founders is an admission that founder conflict — not tech — is the failure mode in this vertical. If you’re backing or building in AI + health, treat team dynamics and regulatory literacy as first-class diligence items, not soft factors you’ll fix later.
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