How far can wearable health data take us to improve lives?

In this episode of Scalpels & Spreadsheets, host Aman Desai sits down with Marco Benítez, CEO of ROOK, to discuss how ROOK aims to support predictive and preventive healthcare and how personalized health data can create value for businesses and end users. The conversation covers ROOK's early days, fundraising, data privacy and security, and scaling after a raise.

The episode moves from Marco's second venture to ROOK's growth after fundraising. Wearable data supports these conversations but does not diagnose or replace clinical judgment.

• Starting a second venture and using data to make a meaningful impact
• Early days at ROOK: feedback iterations, accelerator programs, and fundraising
• ROOK's current value proposition and how the company delivers actionable insights
• Challenges with data: managing data overload while protecting privacy and security
• Post-fundraise growth: aligning the organization, scaling operations, and marketing

Related reading: what smartwatch health data does not tell you.

Next step: explore the ROOK developer documentation to see how the API works.

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