STAT+: RFK Jr. meets with health tech startups, most backed by Andreessen Horowitz

Of the seven health tech companies that met with the government’s most powerful health official on Monday, all but one had something in common: Financial backing from one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms.

In a post on the social media platform X, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  met with “leaders at the forefront of health technology” who have developed “breakthroughs that are key to our mission to Make America Healthy Again.” Many are developing services in line with Kennedy’s priorities around preventative care and healthy lifestyles. Six of the seven are backed by the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz.

The people in the photo accompanying the X post are, from left to right:

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