Health care faces increasingly complex challenges, ranging from physician shortages and rising patient volumes to the ever-present threats of ransomware and the hurdles of data management. Addressing these issues demands innovative solutions, and that’s precisely what Amazon Web Services (AWS) and General Catalyst are aiming to do through a groundbreaking collaboration, fueled by generative AI.
By combining their strengths, AWS and General Catalyst aim to not just improve existing systems but to completely reshape the future of healthcare.
AWS’s technological know-how and General Catalyst’s extensive experience as an investor in health care solutions create a powerful combination. Together, they aim to apply the power of AI to deliver care that is more personalized, gain insights into population health and disease progression, and translate scientific discoveries into new care paradigms.
“AWS and General Catalyst believe that AI has immense potential to effect meaningful change in global health care,” says AWS CEO Matt Garman. “Together, we are taking bold steps to improve patient outcomes and make quality care more accessible to all by embedding AI throughout the care journey.”
Accelerating AI Innovation
The partnership’s primary focus will fall on co-developing and deploying integrated AI-powered solutions. These solutions will target crucial areas in healthcare, including predictive and personalized care, operational and clinical efficiency, diagnostics, and enhancing patient engagement. By harnessing the advantages of generative AI through Amazon Bedrock, and working with leading providers, as well as secure, healthcare-specific models, the potential is vast.
One area they plan to explore is using disease-specific models. These models will process diverse health data—such as radiology scans, genomic sequencing, clinical trial data, and electronic health records—to help doctors identify patterns, diagnose diseases, predict treatment outcomes, and offer insight into disease progression.
Partnering with AWS as its preferred cloud provider gives General Catalyst the ability to provide health care systems with unparalleled flexibility and scalability. They will leverage AWS’s wide range of services, pace of innovation, and unmatched reliability.
AWS provides its experience in deploying AI and machine learning across thousands of health care and life sciences customers, as well as more specific services built for these use cases than any other cloud provider. General Catalyst adds its significant health care footprint, established through its portfolio companies, like Commure and Aidoc. These companies will integrate their specialized technology solutions with AWS’s AI and data capabilities so that health systems can deploy advanced, industry-specific cloud services at unprecedented speed.
Real-World Impact for Healthcare Providers
Real-world impact is the priority of this collaboration. AWS and General Catalyst will partner with health care organizations to improve data strategies, refine migration strategies, and test new solutions in actual clinical settings. This approach promises that innovations are not just theoretical but will bring tangible advantages to patients and providers.
Steve Davis, president and CEO of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, notes, “There’s a palpable excitement about the potential of generative AI to transform health care. We’re eager to explore how it can enhance patient engagement through more personalized communication and education, and alleviate administrative burdens. Continuing our work with General Catalyst and AWS can help turn these possibilities into practical realities that can truly move the needle on care quality, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes.”
A New Chapter
Along leading startups and health systems, AWS and General Catalyst will rapidly deliver solutions the health care community urgently needs. Serving as an example for how crucial partnerships are in addressing health care’s most pressing challenges, we’ll push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI while keeping responsible development and deployment at the forefront.
Hemant Taneja, CEO and managing director of General Catalyst, emphasizes the transforming nature of this collaboration: “At General Catalyst, we’ve witnessed firsthand how technologies like AI, applied with the right approach to scaling and problem-solving, can drive real transformation in health care. AWS shares our bold vision for advancing human health through cutting-edge technology. Together, we believe this work will establish a flywheel of innovation and adoption that can be applied to other industries.”
