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Healthcare technology startup LIFE AI, founded by former Google engineering leader Tuan Cao, on Monday announced that it earned admission to the inaugural FastTrack AI Accelerator. The selection matters because only six companies were chosen from more than 300 applications for the first cohort.
The accelerator runs as a collaboration between GenAI Fund, which funds artificial intelligence startups, along with Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) Inception Program. According to LIFE AI, participating startups receive access to computing power valued at approximately $1 million, technical guidance from Nvidia engineers, and enterprise partnership opportunities through the GenAI Open Invitation Network.
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Cao assembled a team that draws talent from some of America’s top research institutions. The founding members include engineers and scientists with backgrounds from Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco, according to the company.
LIFE AI operates across seven markets, including the U.S., South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to its website. The platform serves more than 100,000 paid users, and the company reports partnerships with over 100 corporate and institutional collaborators.
The company said it has built what it describes as Southeast Asia’s largest genome-sequencing center, which stores 15,360 terabytes of genetic data. This infrastructure supports its AI-driven platform and model training systems, according to LIFE AI.
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LIFE AI said it applies its technology in real-world healthcare projects, having worked with Kalbe Farma, a Southeast Asian pharmaceutical manufacturer. The collaboration focused on developing a personalized stroke prevention product. Similar projects often require around 24 months from concept to market, but LIFE AI said it completed the development in just six weeks.
“LIFE AI turned years of development into weeks, redefining what’s possible in healthcare,” Henry Sukardi, president director at Kalbe Farma subsidiary KalGen Innolab Clinical Laboratory unit, said in LIFE AI’s statement. According to LIFE AI, its technology can make healthcare product development 10 times faster and 10 times less costly than conventional methods.
LIFE AI also conducted a genetic research study on autism within Southeast Asian populations at a cost of $10,000, compared with an estimated $1 million for similar work using traditional processes, the company said.
LIFE AI’s LIFE ID product extends its health platform into blockchain identity, described as a Web3 “CryptoPassport” powered by DNA, according to the company’s website. The service enables users to control, use, and benefit from their personal and genetic data through a decentralized, self-sovereign identity system.
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The company said LIFE ID integrates a user’s genetic profile into a secure blockchain environment designed for personalized health and preventive care. It also includes what the company calls a “Self-Sovereignty AI Agent,” a feature that builds an anonymous digital representation of the user to connect health data with skills, personality traits, and earning opportunities.
LIFE AI said the product aligns with its broader mission to link biology, blockchain, and AI in one ecosystem. Through this model, users may contribute anonymized genomic data to research networks while maintaining ownership and privacy safeguards.
The FastTrack AI Accelerator provides 12 weeks of intensive support, according to LIFE AI. Beyond the $1 million computing allocation and Nvidia technical assistance, the program includes investment evaluation from GenAI Fund and its partner network of venture investors.
LIFE AI plans to leverage this period to transition toward what it calls a “model-as-a-service” business strategy. The company said in its statement plans to integrate blockchain technology for ownership verification, privacy protection, and transparency features.
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