March 7, 2023

Václav Potěšil, Founder and Chief Business Officer, interviewed by TechRound

Vaclav joined TechRound editor to talk about how Optellum has evolved since being founded to becoming the leader in AI diagnosis.

My aunt was diagnosed and passed away from lung cancer after coughing up blood, having never smoked a cigarette. This experience contributed to me being involved in computer vision research applied to lung cancer – way before AI in healthcare became popular (and even ready for clinical use).

Václav Potěšil

Read the interview here.

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