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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed the evolving role of AI in the healthcare industry

Timestamps
Part 1: "It has the potential to speed up medical innovation." (1:52)
Part 2: "IBM had big aspirations for Watson." (12:05)
Part 3: "Artificially generated medical histories." (15:03)
Part 4: "A fancy toy for diagnosis." (18:10)

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With a holiday-impacted week behind us, we hope that you are ready for the next few weeks of busy news. Because starting in the back-half of December, the world is going to slow down dramatically. Make sure that you are following the show on Twitter, and let's get into it!

• No tech IPOs this week, though we will see earnings from select SaaS companies. That means that our information flow will slow over the next few days.
• India is irked at Starlink, telling the Elon Musk company to get its regulatory paperwork in order.
• Raspberry Pi is going public, it's expected. The micro-computer company could debut in Spring of 2022 on the London exchanges.
• And black Friday online sales dipped, though we have a guess as to why.
• Two acquisitions took place recently that caught our eye, including Booking Holdings buying Etraveli Group for $1.8 billion, and Clearlake buying Quest from Francisco Partners.
• From the startup world, two deals: Slice is now a unicorn thanks to Tiger Global, while Thought Machine is also now a unicorn thanks to its own six-figure round. Two new unicorns to start the week? Why not.
• And, finally, this essay on crypto.

The show is back Wednesday! We'll see you then!

Credits: Equity is hosted by TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo. We are produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Craig Miller speaks with Ben Ball, co-founder and managing director of Francisco partners, a private equity firm that focuses on technology companies.

The theme of this podcast is: How to  choose the right CEO.

Please feel free to reach out to Craig at cmiller@craig-miller.com

Credits:

Questionnaire - James Lipton, Inside the Actors Studio (Originally created by Bernard Pivot). 

Producer - David Miller Prieto