AI in healthcare: 'Star-crossed Lovers' - The Economic Times
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AI in healthcare: ‘Star-crossed Lovers’
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is seeing rapid AI adoption, from diagnostics and clinical trials to drug discovery. A Crunchbase report shows that over $7.5 billion was invested in AI healthcare startups, with the figure already kissing $1.68 billion at the end of February 2025. Despite the growing interest in the space, the report says the numbers are well below the $13.7 billion AI healthcare startups raised in 2021. Hitesh Goswami, cofounder, 4baseCare refers to this relationship between AI and healthcare as one of star-crossed lovers. Swathi Moorthy tracks the sector’s potential and the key trends that are playing out in this space.