Healthcare Without Health Workers: A Unicorn Pivots to an AI Doctor-in-a-Box

If Adrian Aoun has his way, the next time you visit the doctor’s office, you won’t see a single medical professional. In fact, he said, “I don’t even believe a doctor’s office should exist.”

Instead, the outspoken founder and CEO of primary care startup Forward wants you to entrust your health to a landmark new product, the CarePod—a whirring, purring autonomous module that looks like an airport lactation room crossed with a space capsule. Aoun hopes the compartments will soon …

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