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Healthcare AI is blocked by missing decision layers on EMRs
“We're not really even at the point yet where we can start to apply all these amazing advances in AI and all this kind of stuff to healthcare, because we still haven't really created that, that decision layer on top of the billions that have been spent on EMRs.”
Regulatory friction stems from policymaker ignorance, not regulatory capture
“There is some of that. There's regulatory capture, but in a lot of cases, it's like policymakers are trying to achieve an objective, and they have no idea.”
Lobbying is exceptionally rarely a necessary part of startup regulatory hacking
“Part of your regulatory hacking strategy is maybe you need to go lobby, but that is exceptionally rare.”
Burfield: Corporations quietly use regulatory changes to build competitive barriers
“If some large auto, you know, automobile manufacturer very carefully gets a rule change that helps them open up more markets at less cost and maybe even potentially erects a bit of a barrier for one of their competitors, They are never going to talk about that…”
Burfield: Energy and water startups require regulatory hacking for market entry
“In a lot of sectors like energy or water, you're not going to get market entry without some form of regulatory hacking.”
Burfield: Ignorance of regulatory power dynamics puts startups at a strategic disadvantage
“If you are operating in one of these sectors, and you don't know that there's a chessboard and a game of chess being played, you are at a very significant strategic disadvantage.”
Mayors offer startups the ideal mix of authority and citizen responsiveness
“Because actually, mayors, in our entire political system, in the U.S. Context, in our political system, mayors are pretty much the perfect blend of very, very powerful, and yet incredibly responsive, the very immediate citizen, yes.”
Burfield: Silicon Valley and D.C. are both fundamentally relationship businesses
“As wonderfully collaborative as the Valley is, it still matters who you have a relationship with. And people still have, like, they're just, they're both relationship businesses. They're just different networks, and they're different languages.”