AI and Health at Weill Cornell: Professor Fei Wang is Associate Dean for AI and Data Science at Weill Cornell, we chatted about:
- why Cornell is the best university for AI health research
- examples of how AI is used throughout Weill Cornell
- Cornell's amazing culture of collaboration and innovation

(0:00) AI at Weill Cornell (2:21) specific examples of AI (4:55) clinical care improves with AI (6:14) how collaboration happens at Cornell (9:52) why Cornell is the best for AI health research (11:39) integrating AI with clinical workflow (13:40) creating a culture of AI and health (16:13) funding grants, and cross-campus collaboration (19:10) funding sources for AI (24:56) research group organization (28:00) starting as an assistant professor (30:22) balance of industry and academia (34:59) how industry can work with Weill Cornell (37:26) Fei Wang's path to AI and Health (40:23) closing question

Building the Data Layer for AI Agents: Chris Pisarski ’11 is Founder of Crustdata, an AI startup that provides B2B data for AI agents!! we chatted about:
- importance of B2B data in AI workflows, helping AI agents access data
- how to think bigger and move faster, to build momentum in the startup
- the future of AI agents buying from AI agents

(0:00) what is B2B data (3:35) example recruiting website (5:05) more specialized data than foundation models (9:24) listen to customers when market changes rapidly (12:04) marketing to AI agents (18:46) how YC is helpful (22:39) fundraising from position of strength (16:29) co-founder matching (24:19) building momentum (28:04) starting multiple startups (31:01) entrepreneurship learnings at Cornell (32:54) finding the first startup job coming out of Cornell (36:32) where to build an AI startup (38:14) final question

Commercializing Cornell's Breakthroughs: Loren Busby is Director of Weill Cornell's BioVenture eLab!! we chatted about:
- innovation at Weill Cornell, how the BioVenture eLab help researchers and clinicians
- how to commercialize research, through licensing, startups, and more
- how academic successes translates to commercialization successes

come to the Weill Cornell BioInnovate Conference on 4/23!! (registration info in comments)!! the most amazing research and commercialization!!

(0:00) what is the bioventure elab (4:18) regulatory pathways and go to market (8:22) founder-market fit in healthcare (11:07) specific example of starting startups (13:07) designing a new product (14:00) specific example #2 (15:33) balancing research and startups (18:35) pathway to commercialization depends on where the money comes from (21:25) understanding the biotech market (23:03) understanding the marketplace (27:05) building up a reputation in academia and commercialization (30:22) research and patents (33:40) come to the BioInnovate Conference on 4/23 starts at 3pm (36:02) successes from past BioInnovate Conferences (38:38) creating a culture of innovation (41:35) closing question