Why 25,000+ New Yorkers Are Waiting for This Health Scan

Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO and co-founder of Neko Health, joins Lightwork to explain how a Twitter message from Spotify founder Daniel Ek ultimately led to a new approach to preventive healthcare.

Hjalmar breaks down why Neko spent years building its own diagnostic technology, what happens during its $499, hour-long health scan, and why the company believes vertically integrating hardware, software, clinicians, and physical clinics can create a fundamentally different healthcare experience.

They also discuss Neko’s expansion into the U.S., why New York was the first market, the challenges of scaling quality, and how AI and longitudinal health data could reshape personalized healthcare in the years ahead.

0:00 "The Most Important Hour You Can Spend On Your Health"

0:46 Growing Up In A Family Of Doctors And Daniel Ek's Direct Message

6:02 Five Years Building And The Vertically Integrated Approach

9:35 The Neko Scan Experience

11:24 Why Build Everything In-House And Neko As A Real Estate Company

17:47 Myth Busting Worried Well And Over-diagnosis

21:43 Do You Still Need A PCP And Why Pay Out Of Pocket

24:11 What Happens To Your Data And Why New York First

26:24 Adapting To The US Healthcare System And Landing On 499 Dollars

28:07 What Is Hardest To Scale And The Big Vision

30:58 The R&D Team And Why Longitudinal Data Matters

33:02 Thank You And Closing

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