In episode 94 of Venture Everywhere the host is Cristian Ponce the CEO of Tetsuwan Scientific, an early-stage company developing software to help scientists operate laboratory automation systems. He talks with Dr. Niamh O’Hara, co-founder and CEO of Biotia, a healthtech company using genomics and AI to fight infectious diseases. She shares how a vision to modernize diagnostics and close the gap in infectious disease detection inspired her to spin Biotia out of Cornell Tech and bring precision metagenomics to market. She opens up about how Biotia bridges the worlds of science and entrepreneurship to accelerate the future of infectious disease diagnostics.
In this episode, you will hear:
Advancing infectious disease testing with genomics and AI
Turning academic research into scalable healthtech innovation
Building faster, more precise pathogen detection tools
Combating antimicrobial resistance through smarter diagnostics
Expanding into women’s health and clinical partnerships
Learn more about Niamh O’Hara | Biotia
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niamh-b-o-hara
Website: https://www.biotia.io
Learn more about Cristian Ponce | Tetsuwan Scientific
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-ponce5
Website: https://tetsuwan.com
