How August Is Building the ‘World’s Largest Consumer Health AI’ | Decoding AI Episode 12

Doctor visits are short. Health journeys are long.

In this episode, Anuruddh Mishra, Founder & CEO of August AI, talks about building an AI-led health companion designed to support patients beyond brief clinical interactions. He shares how August is built to retain personal health context over time, stay available when questions come up, and help people make sense of scattered medical information across their journey.

Watch the full episode for the complete conversation.

Chapters:
0:09 – Intro
0:33 – What is an AI health companion
3:06 – As an engineer, why did you choose to get into this field related to health?
8:04 – Did you worry about ChatGPT being a competition?
10:15 – How do you look at benchmarks?
14:31 – How is it performing versus human doctors?
15:40 – Why are you a horizontal health AI platform?
17:53 – Where does August AI stand in terms of memory?
21:37 – Is August’s memory different from general purpose memory?
21:53 – Are there any general purpose memory tools or do you have to build everything in-house?
23:00 – How much did you spend on marketing?
24:15 – What did you do in the early days to get this magical market pull?
27:30 – How did you go about fundraising & was it challenging?
33:30 – Aren’t you worried about Google & ChatGPT coming at August with full force once they take notice?
36:00 – Can you help us walk through your version of the world filled with an abundance of clinical knowledge?
38:54 – How do you ensure that AI never crosses regulatory guardrails?

42:36 – In 10 years what will be inevitable with AI in healthcare?

44:36 – Outro

Follow Anuruddh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuruddhmishra/?originalSubdomain=in

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