Amazon Health Services appoints new leader, Garner Health raises $100M, Ronny Chieng warns Harvard grads about AI

Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030.

Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors.

Top News  

• Neil Lindsay, who has served as the senior vice president of Amazon Health Services since 2021, stepped down from his role, and will be replaced by Dr. Roy Schoenberg, a cofounder of telemedicine provider Amwell, with Lindsay staying on as an advisor at Amazon until the end of the year, with plans to continue advising companies on health-care technology
• Education technology firm Level All partnered with Adobe to close the opportunity gap for over 100,000 K-12 students across the United States by providing free access to Level All’s college and career guidance platform paired with Adobe Express for Education, a suite of creative tools supercharged with generative artificial intelligence, to students in underserved communities

AI News

• DNAnexus, an enterprise orchestration platform for precision health, announced several new product innovations and solution packages, including an AI-Enabled platform that accelerates discovery for all scientists via native intelligence, and an AI-Enabling platform providing the governed, omics-native infrastructure for building and running the next generation of AI models and autonomous agents
• Weave, an AI-powered patient communications and engagement platform purpose-built for healthcare practices, partnered with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, to launch an enterprise-grade Omnichannel AI Receptionist that preserves context across channels, intelligently routes conversations, and enables seamless transitions from AI to staff inside one unified front-office workflow
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched  the Audit Enforcement and Risk Oversight initiative, ​or AERO, a new ​AI-led initiative to review annual audits to strengthen ‌oversight across federally funded health programs amid concerns around widespread fraud
• Vi, an enterprise-AI platform for health, announced a new suite of vertically specialized AI agents designed to serve as the AI execution layer for healthcare, life sciences, and wellness enterprises
• Enhanced, a sports competition and consumer products company, partnered with Rezolve Ai, an AI-powered solution specializing in enhancing customer engagement, operational efficiency, and revenue growth, to architect the future of Live Enhanced, its direct-to-consumer digital telehealth platform
• WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, expanded its partnership with Unison Health Services, a home health agency, which is adopt WellSky SkySense AI and embracing embedded AI technology
• Innovaccer, a provider of AI infrastructure for autonomous healthcare operations, acquired CaduceusHealth, a revenue cycle management services provider
• Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta, and Synopsys partnered with the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering to establish a $125 million Semiconductor Hub aimed at accelerating research and workforce development in artificial intelligence–powered chip technologies
• UC Santa Barbara scientists, ferry operators, and the United States Coast Guard launched a real-time whale detection network that uses thermal cameras and artificial intelligence to identify whales and alert nearby vessels

Mental health

• The National Institute of Mental Health “Honorio Delgado – Hideyo Noguchi” and UNESCO Peru announced a strategic partnership to strengthen violence prevention in schools and promote mental health within the educational community
• Oklahoma Children’s OU Health and Oklahoma City Public Schools partnered to address that by recruiting and placing seven teachers who will staff the new Oklahoma Children’s OU Health Behavioral Health Center when it opens in late 2026
• GenoPalate, a personalized nutrition company helping individuals turn biological data into practical nutrition guidance, partnered with Mamaya Health, a mental health care provider specializing in compassionate, evidence-based therapy for women and families across every season of life, to create a more complete self-care solution for women by connecting two essential areas of wellness: mental health and nutrition
• Paycom Software, a provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, donated $33,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness through its employee giving program and company donation match
• The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults, partnered with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to protect the mental health and prevent suicide among its members through participation in The JED Greek-Letter Organizations programs
• WindRose Health Investors, a healthcare private equity firm, completed the sale of Altruix, a behavioral health pharmacy platform serving patients with severe mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, to Frazier Healthcare Partners

Really big financings: 

Healthtech:

• Garner Health, a digital platform that helps patients find the best healthcare providers using better data and smarter financial incentives, raised a $100 million Series E round, led by Index Ventures with participation from existing investors including Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, Thrive, Sequoia, Founders Fund, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures

Big financings:

Healthtech:

• H1, an AI-powered platform that helps identify and engage the right doctors for critical workflows across pharma, health plan, health system, and technology companies, raised a $40 million investment in a round led by CVS Health Ventures
• Triomics, a startup building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists and administrative staff automate data-heavy tasks like clinical trial matching and appointment prep, raised $22 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from returning backers Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and others
• Solstice, the AI-native marketing agency accelerating pharma commercialization, raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Transformation Capital with participation from Twelve Below, Virtue Ventures and others
• ClearNote Health, a company dedicated to improving early detection for some of the deadliest cancers, raised $52 million in Series D financing round led by founding investor Mattias Westman and a global, large, long-only active manager. Other participants included Sandy Weill, Dr. Stephen Quake, a large Seattle-based family office, and other U.S. and international-based institutional investors
• Secretome Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies derived from neonatal cardiac progenitor cells, raised a $30 million Series A financing from RA Capital
• Lucis, which provides individuals with a comprehensive, data-driven view of their health, raised a $20 million Series A, led by Singular, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and angels including investors behind Runna, Céline Lazorthes, and Manu Lecomte
• Signos, developer of an over-the-counter glucose monitoring system for weight management, raised a $20 million funding round with investment from GV, Dexcom, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Not so big financings:

Healthtech:

• Adenocyte, a medical technology company pioneering the very early detection of pancreatic cancer and its precancerous precursors, raised $10 million from iGan Partners
• Protuoso Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing next-generation multifunctional biologics designed to address complex disease biology, raised $9.5 million seed financing round led by Taya Venture and Darwin Ventures, with participation from NSG Ventures, SEEDS and other investors
• Kubera Health, a healthcare technology company that develops an AI-native platform focused on financial performance management, raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Company Ventures, Dria Ventures, and SemperVirens
• Oli, developer of a maternal and fetal monitoring technology, designed to predict and reduce birth complications before they occur, raised $6.5 million in a Series A3 funding round from Scale Investors, Clare Ventures, and the University of Sydney
• ReVision Implant, a company that offers high resolution neurostimulator implant for restoring practical vision in blind people, raised €4 million from undisclosed investors
• iFAST Diagnostics Limited, a developer of rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing technology, raised a £5 million funding round led by Meridian Health Ventures, with continued participation from almost all existing subscribers including QantX, RAW Ventures, and OKG Capital, plus members of Cambridge Capital Group, together with £2.1 million of non-dilutive loan funding from Innovate UK

Edtech:

• Mathew, an edtech startup focused on developing artificial intelligence solutions for the education sector, raised €1.2 million in a seed funding round which included participation from Encomenda and Decelera, alongside several early-stage business angels

Policy and government

• The Trump administration finalized an overhaul of the system used to settle out-of-network billing disputes between insurers and providers, amid growing criticism that the process is inefficient and susceptible to gaming. The rule finalized by the HHS and the Labor and Treasury Departments is meant to make dispute resolution more streamlined and lower costs for participating companies, regulators said
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren triggered an investigation into the Trump administration’s transfer of student loan services to the Department of the Treasury. In the letter, the nonpartisan congressional watchdog said it intends to extend its probes into the Education Department’s interagency agreements — adding to an existing investigation of the Education and Labor departments’ partnership

Random news

• Speaking at Harvard University, comedian Ronny Chieng told the Class of 2026 to apply AI to research in medicine and physics, but never as a replacement for creativity and critical thinking. “Creating is the fun part,” he said. “Why would I want AI to take that away from me? The best part of comedy is figuring out the puzzle pieces of a joke and getting the self-regard from having accomplished a difficult thing.”