{"id":2004,"date":"2026-07-09T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/aiboomi-new\/?page_id=2004"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:20:50","slug":"vertical-velocity-26","status":"publish","type":"programs","link":"https:\/\/dev.matsio.com\/matsio\/aiboomi-new\/programs\/vertical-velocity-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Velocity ’26"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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\r\n A cross-border immersion for India’s AI founders \u2014 this year, inside the US healthcare market. <\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Two weeks inside the US healthcare market. In the rooms that take months of cold outreach to get into. <\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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Operators, investors, and buyers \u2014 all specific to healthcare AI. Sessions, workshops, and a tight founder cohort. 12 founders did it last year. The group is still active. The connections are still paying off.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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\r\n Operators, investors, and buyers who've built and scaled in US healthcare. No fluff. <\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n A vertical playbook for the US market <\/h3>\r\n \r\n

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