DCentral – Miami: Austin Childs and Dan Lopez

Welcome to the Grit Daily Startup Show where our host Sebastian rusk interviews startup founders with revolutionary ideas about the future of healthcare. On this episode, Sebastian interviews Austin Childs and Dan Lopez, the co-founders of Neural, a platform that connects healthcare providers and consumers through web 3 technology. Together, they discuss the challenges of regulation and jargon in the health and wellness space, along with Neural’s 2023 roadmap. They also mention the Neural portal, which allows people to sell, rent, or share their information, as well as incentivize others to participate in its expansion. With the help of their own cybersecurity and hashing techniques, the co-founders of Neural are working towards revolutionizing healthcare in the U.S.

Topics Discussed and Key Points: 

• Exploring the Neural Portal: Connecting with Digital Avatars in 2023
• Data Security Through Influencer Platforms
• The Challenges of Developing Platforms to Connect Health Care Providers and Consumers.
• Jargon and Roadmapping in Business

Timestamps

[00:03:42] Connecting with Digital Avatars

[00:06:58] Securing Data Through Influencing Platforms

[00:10:22] Exploring the Obstacles of Building Platforms to Link Healthcare Professionals and Patients.

[00:14:04] Business Jargon and Roadmapping

Notable Quotes

“We have created a system where we have entirely perverse incentives. You have a third party payer system. So who’s really the consumer? Who’s really the person who’s actually communicating directly with the health system for care, and you have a fee for service. So how are we incentivizing quality of care, cost-effective care? We’re actually just building on volume of care.” 

“What we’re seeking to do is say, alright, healthcare has tried to change regulation in the United States for decades. You know, it’s been incredibly slow. So what do we have to do? We have to create an ecosystem that actually empowers not the patience of the person.” 

“If we’re going to empower people to consolidate, shouldn’t we also give them the opportunity to decide what to do with it?” 

 “My hope is that we get really close to having healthcare data right in your wallet so that it’s not only something that you can tap into here, gaining value from it, but you could sell your genomics data for tens of thousands of dollars.”