
Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Karan Singhal (Head of Health AI, OpenAI) talking, from an interview on a16z Podcast published Oct 20, 2026.
What Karan Singhal said
Cheaper medical AI needs workflow integration to cut costs
“it performs better despite being 34 times cheaper”
Karan Singhal45:11 OpenAI aggregates hundreds of physicians to handle disagreement
“if you ask five physicians or something like this, any question, you'll get like eight different answers.”
Karan Singhal17:12 Legacy healthcare software is ripe for computer-use agents
“a virtual machine actually makes things easier in some ways for AI agents”
Karan Singhal13:34
The episode
Should You Trust ChatGPT With Your Health?
Karan Singhal · OpenAI
43:26of 55:08 · Oct 20
