Looking across the street at Elliott Bay and the water’s edge, Zipwhip CEO John Lauer swore he saw some orcas recently from his office in the startup’s new Seattle headquarters. Zipwhip has taken over the fifth floor and part of the fourth in the Elliott Bay Office Park in Seattle, with sweeping views to the west of the water. The company declined to comment on the financing. Synergy operates an early-stage medical device venture capital fund. William Starling, co-founder of Synergy Life Science Partners, is an investor and director. The startup’s board of directors is chaired by Michael Goldberg, who also leads the boards of CareDX and DNAnexus. And former Intel executive Sunit Rikhi is a co-founder and investor in the company. The startup’s principal scientist is Clark Brooks, another longtime Intel engineer. Anshumali Roy, a former senior engineer at Intel, is the chief technology officer. Leadership: The company is led by CEO Bill Willis, who formerly led medical device firms iRhythm Technologies and Cardiac Insight. The hope is that machine learning can influence the field to the same degree that handheld devices led to a revolution in mobile ultrasound. The Bothell, Wash.-based company is collaborating with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to use AI to interpret ultrasound images. Imagine … all of this being produced by a wireless device in the palm of your hand!” the company’s website reads.Ĭompetition: Fujifilm SonoSite, a longtime leader in ultrasound, is also betting that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of the technology. “Imagine … an intelligent, predictive and intuitive ultrasound imaging system. It will infuse the ultrasound systems with AI to make it easier to read images and diagnose patients. New funding: Portland, Ore.-based startup Yor Labs raised $3.3 million to fund the development of a lightweight ultrasound system powered by artificial intelligence, according to a regulatory filing.Ĭompany background: The stealthy startup was founded four years ago and plans to make ultrasound devices that are portable, handheld and wireless. Yor Labs is joining medical device giants like Fujifilm SonoSite in a bet that artificial intelligence can revolutionize ultrasound.
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