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This morning telehealth company American Well announced that it will be acquiring fellow telemedicine company Avizia in late Q2 for an undisclosed sum.

According to a group of 300 healthcare stakeholders surveyed in Venrock's 2018 Healthcare Prognosis Survey, Amazon is the tech company to watch in the healthcare space — even if they're pretty well split on the prospects for the Amazon-JP Morgan-Berkshire Hathaway project.

It would be hard to argue that that there is a dearth of artificial intelligence platforms trying to get into the healthcare game.

San Francisco-based telemedicine provider Doctor On Demand announced today the closure of a $74 million round of Series C financing.

Private equity firm Aspire Universal and LG Health, have partnered to create a new $300 million fund called the Aspire Ventures Precision Medicine Fund.

BenevolentAI, a UK company using artificial intelligence for drug development, has raised $115 million in new funding, mostly from undisclosed investors in the United States.

RapidSOS, a five-year-old startup focused on updating emergency response systems with data-driven technology, has raised $16 million in funding from Highland Capital, Microsoft Ventures, and CSAA Insurance Group, according to a statement.

Vicarious Surgical, a startup that combines virtual reality with surgical robotics, just landed $16.

New York City-based digital consult platform RubiconMD has closed a $13.

When it comes to innovation challenges, most participants aren't in it for the money, according to a new survey from consultancy group Luminary Labs.