The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...
Forbes

Function Health’s $2.5 Billion Bet And Are Blood Testing Startups Sustainable

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: A technician works in a lab at Sinovac ...
MobiHealthNews

Function raises $298M with $2.5B valuation and more digital health funding

Function, a whole-body health company, announced it secured $298 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, boosting its valuation to $2.5 billion. Redpoint Ventures participated in the round, with ...
Fierce Healthcare

Function Health lands $300M, rolls out 'medical intelligence' AI model for health data

Function Health, a startup that offers lab testing and body scans for early disease detection, scored nearly $300 million in series B funding, boosting its valuation to $2.5 billion. Redpoint Ventures ...
STAT

Function Health has won over consumers. When will it publish evidence?

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...
TechCrunch

Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to ...
STAT

Wellness startup Function Health raises $300 million as consumer lab testing picks up steam

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s ‘Gain of Function’ Monetary Policy

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Windows Thanks to Microsoft adding all those extra features to Notepad, it now unfortunately sports one more: An exploitation vulnerability with a high security rating AI Microsoft AI CEO curiously ...
ZDNet

Excel's new Copilot function turns your prompts into formulas - how to try it

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...
Live Science

Trump admin wants to curtail 'gain-of-function' research — but it's a cornerstone of biology, scientists say

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