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Not every startup begins with a pitch deck.
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Some start with something far more real
watching someone you love come home exhausted, frustrated… and unheard.

That moment didn’t spark a business idea.
It sparked a need to fix something that clearly wasn’t working.

And that’s where the best solutions come from
not trends, not hype… but lived problems.

If you want to understand what it really takes to build in healthcare (and why most AI still misses the mark), this conversation is worth your time.

Most healthcare AI doesn’t fail because the technology is weak. It fails because it’s built without ever truly understanding the moment it’s meant to support.

In our conversation with Paulo J Machado, one simple question shifted the entire perspective: “What does the nurse actually see when she walks into the house?”

That’s the difference between building software and building for care.

Because in healthcare, context isn’t a detail, it’s the product itself. Real workflows, real pressure, real emotions… that’s where systems either work or break.

If you’re building in healthcare or AI, the real question isn’t “what can we automate?”

It’s “what does the human actually need in that exact moment?”

We unpack this idea, along with the future of AI, trust, and emotional intelligence in healthcare, in the latest episode of Inside Home Health.

🎧 Watch the full conversation here:
https://youtu.be/D3uqmt7y4p8

We’re building AI faster than we’re building responsibility...
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In this episode of Inside Home Health, Paulo J Machado challenges how we’re building and blindly trusting AI in healthcare.

From designing products that truly serve humans to the rising shift from the attention economy to the attachment economy, this conversation goes beyond tech. It’s about trust, ethics, and the responsibility we carry as builders.

We also dive into:

- Why AI could have a bigger impact than EHRs
- The hidden risk of eroding trust in healthcare
- What founders are getting wrong about innovation
- And how purpose, not just profit, should guide what we build next

This isn’t just a conversation about AI.
It’s a conversation about the kind of future we’re choosing to create.

When Paulo J Machado first saw our product, he didn’t ask about AI, architecture, or features.

He asked one question:

“Show me what the nurse actually sees when she walks into the house.”
And that question changed everything.

Because in healthcare, innovation doesn’t start with technology.
It starts with experience.

In this episode of Inside Home Health, Paulo and Arvind break down:
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👉 Why most AI in healthcare is solving the wrong problems
👉 The shift from attention economy → attachment economy
👉 Why trust (not tech) will define AI adoption
👉 And what it really means to build for collective flourishing, not just scale

This conversation goes beyond AI hype.

It challenges how we think about:

→ Patient care
→ Nurse workflows
→ And the future we’re building

If you’re building in healthcare and not starting from the point of care, you’re already behind.

🎧 Full episode out now.

Copper Digital Disrupt or Be Disrupted | The Future of Healthcare AI | Paulo Machado