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Longevity startup Gero AI has a mobile API for quantifying health changes
Sensor data from smartphones and wearables can meaningfully predict an individual’s ‘biological age’ and resilience to stress, according to Gero AI.
The ‘longevity’ startup which condenses its mission to the pithy goal of “hacking complex diseases and aging with Gero AI” has developed an AI model to predict morbidity risk using ‘digital biomarkers’ that are based on identifying patterns in step-counter sensor data which tracks mobile users’ physical activity.
A simple measure of ‘steps’ isn’t nuanced enough on its own to predict individual health, is the contention. Gero’s AI has been trained on large amounts of biological data to spots patterns that can be linked to morbidity risk. It also measures how quickly a personal recovers from a biological stress another biomarker that’s been linked to lifespan; i.e. the faster the body recovers from stress, the better the individ
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It was not meant to be thus when the Belarusian president, Aleksander Lukashenko, unveiled his government s groundbreaking startup decree in December 2017, promising state incentives and tax breaks to tech founders in his country.
After ruling the landlocked state for 24 years, Lukashenko seemed to understand the need to diversify his country s economy. Minsk also signed the IT Decree 2.0 a digital economy initiative designed to simplify business for tech companies while also attracting international talent by relaxing work permit regulations. Belarus had already made a home for startups in its Hi-Tech Park, which was launched in 2006 and has developed into one of the biggest IT clusters in Central and Eastern Europe. The zone offers a special tax regime for IT companies.