AI Answers a Call for Help in Detecting Cancer Earlier

Pathology got its start back in the tenth or eleventh century, as doctors used lenses to better understand what was happening in body tissue. The field advanced significantly in the 1800s when the microscope was born, allowing pathologists to gain a true picture of the tiny structures inside our bodies.

Fast forward to the late 2010s, pathologists still relied on this glass-in-tube technology for identifying abnormalities in cells. However, two entrepreneurs decided to change that: Joseph (Yossi) Mossel and Chaim Linhart founded Ibex Medical Analytics .

With more people needing services every year and fewer professionals working in the field, pathologists were being stretched thin. Mossel (CEO) and Linhart (CTO) noticed there was a “building shift to digitalize pathology.” The pair sprung at the opportunity to build a company that used AI for more accurate cancer cell detection and therefore more timely cancer diagnoses to patients.

In a conversation with Mossel, we learned how the company trained its platform to become a digital assistant for overworked pathology teams. Having earned "Breakthrough Device Designation" by the U.S. FDA in 2021, Ibex's AI technology is the most widely deployed AI solution in pathology. Ibex is working toward a larger goal to transform cancer diagnosis, and they are on a tireless quest to expand their technology to new tissue types and drive new prognostic and predictive insights.

🔔 [1 UNREAD] In the News

• SiMa.ai ’s Palette Edgematic is getting attention: Carl Franzen on VentureBeat writes how the no-code machine learning software makes computing improvements more accessible at the edge, while Karl Freund for Forbes calls its drag-and-drop interface for AI workflows a “dreamboat solution.”

🎙 Add to Your Queue

Garima Kapoor Ph.D , cofounder and COO of MinIO , joins Sean Tepper on Payback Time to discuss how being an open–source solution makes acquiring customers easier, with a shorter sales cycle.

📚 Good Reads

• Enterprise tech spending is not dead yet, as Battery Ventures' September 2023 report and a Monty Python clip illustrate.
• Michael Scott , CISO of Immuta , weighs in on the tension big data initiatives and AI adoption create between Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Data Officers.
• Pecan.ai’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Noam Brezis , tackles the question if ChatGPT can do predictive analytics (Spoiler: it can’t.)
• Datometry founder and CEO ★ Mike Waas contemplates how AI can improve data migrations for Forbes Technology Council .

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TheLoops with Tricentis on GenAI features | October 4 | Virtual

TheLoops founder and CEO Somya Kapoor will be joined by Genady (Gene) Rashkovan , VP of Global Support at Tricentis to talk about how Genady has harnessed the power of AI to create a real-world CX transformation.

SingleStore Now | October 17 | San Francisco, CA

The Real-Time AI Conference is a day for developers, engineers, and data trailblazers who are new to the world of AI, vectors, and semantic search or interested in learning how to build end-to-end generative AI applications.

Hosted by SingleStore , the agenda includes keynote sessions featuring industry leaders like Harrison Chase , co-founder and CEO of LangChain , hands-on sessions, and live demos on all things AI.

🌾In the Field

More like “On the roof” 

On the evening of Thursday, September 14, members of our portfolio companies and the DTC team took to the MassMutual rooftop to reconnect with the Boston Tech Community. Thanks to all for the positive energy and great conversation.

💬 #Amplified

Cequence Security 's Varun Kohli was named CMO of the Year by Enterprise Viewpoint – congratulations, Varun!

Congrats, you made it to the end! For that, you deserve an 🍦

The DTC newsletter is edited by Haley Carroll .