Adrian Aoun on healthcare as a product, Apple's AI problem, and why you should have kids now

Summation (formerly World of DaaS)

Summation (formerly World of DaaS)
Adrian Aoun on healthcare as a product, Apple's AI problem, and why you should have kids now
Mar 10, 2026

Adrian Aoun helped found Torch, a health data platform that was acquired by OpenAI earlier this year. He's also the co-founder of Seneca, which raised $60 million to build autonomous drones for wildfire suppression. Adrian previously founded Forward Health. He previously led special projects for Larry Page at Google, where he founded Sidewalk Labs and helped build Google's AI division.

In this episode of Summation, Adrian and Auren discuss:

  • Why curing all cancer adds only ~3 years of life but internet access for a billion people is massively more impactful
  • How AI is turning healthcare from a service into a product -- and why the AMA is the new taxi medallion lobby
  • The expert investor paradox: why deep expertise makes you a worse angel investor
  • Why GLP-1s are the closest thing to a miracle drug in our lifetime

You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Adrian Aoun on X at @adrianaoun


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