Episode 198: Razik Yousfi – Innovating at the Intersection of AI and Pathology
My guest today is Razik Yousfi, CEO of Paige.
What we discuss with Razik:
- Joined Paige in 2019 as Head of Engineering
- Transitioned to CEO to lead the organization in focusing on AI strengths
- Shift from a technical focus to overall company accountability.
- Increased responsibility in setting vision, strategy, and external representation.
- Importance of Data in AI
- AI models depend heavily on the quality of training data.
- Paige emphasizes diverse datasets to improve model performance.
- Access to a rich dataset from over 800 institutions in 45 countries.
- Foundation models enhance the ability to analyze rare cancers and biomarkers.
- Models trained on large datasets improve application development speed.
- Microsoft partnership including working with Microsoft Research and Azure.
- Potential for AI to improve patient care and outcomes through better data integration.
- Alba Introduction: Launched as a clinical-grade AI co-pilot for pathologists.
- Some foundation models, like Virchow, have been open-sourced for research.
- Open-sourcing aims to build trust, encourage benchmarking, and boost the ecosystem.
- Encourages collaboration and faster application development in pathology
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