Margaretta Colangelo on how she entered the world of AI, using AI in healthcare, 2021 milestones, cancer research, AI-power drug discovery, the process of writing, and building a career.

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Margaretta Colangelo is the cofounder and CEO of Jthereum, an enterprise software company that enables Java developers to write smart contracts. She is also the President of U1 Technologies, an enterprise software company that provides the communications infrastructure for stock trading platforms used by the world's top investment banks. She serves on the advisory board of the AI Precision Health Institute at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. She speaks at AI conferences around the globe and publishes a weekly newsletter on DeepTech with over 80,000 subscribers. She has published over 300 articles in Forbes, MIT Technology Review Italia, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, AI Time Journal, and many more. She is a San Francisco native and has built an amazing career over the last 30 years.
In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
Journey into the world of AI:
- How did you enter the world of AI
- Learnings along the way
AI in healthcare:
- State of healthcare today
- How can AI benefit healthcare
- Milestones achieved in 2021
- AI for cancer research
- AI-powered drug discovery
- What's coming next
Career:
- How do you guide new professionals who want to do AI for healthcare?
- How do you interview people?
Trends:
- What product that you've personally used has impressed you the most?
- Compared to 5 years ago, what has been the biggest positive development in AI?
- Where will AI be in 5 years?