E233 Charles Taylor, Founder & CTO at Heartflow

Today's guest is Charles Taylor, Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Heartflow in Redwood City, California. HeartFlow is a medical technology company transforming the way cardiovascular disease is diagnosed and treated. With their HeartFlow Analysis, a non-invasive personalized cardiac test, physicians are able to make better care decisions for their patients with suspected coronary artery disease, the number one killer of men and women worldwide.

With offices in Redwood City, Austin, London and Japan, HeartFlow is backed by decades of scientific research & development and leverages the latest advancements in technology to help set a new standard of care for diagnosing cardiovascular care worldwide. Heartflow embodies the best of both technology and healthcare companies and hires people who are passionate about living their mission to save lives, improve the patient experience and reduce the overall cost of care.

In today's episode, Charles discusses:

The journey over the past 14 years at Heartflow,

Applying AI and Deep Learning to combat heart disease,

Interesting projects the data & tech team are working on,

Building and scaling a successful data science team,

The importance of resilience in a startup, and

What excites him for the future within AI in Healthcare