# Karan Singhal

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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.

- Role: Head of Health AI, OpenAI
- Company: [OpenAI](https://realalpha.app/companies/#openai)
- On X: https://x.com/thekaransinghal

## What Karan Singhal said

- [Cheaper medical AI needs workflow integration to cut costs](https://realalpha.app/s/cheaper-medical-ai-needs-workflow-integration-to-cut-costs/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min
  > “it performs better despite being 34 times cheaper” — Karan Singhal · [45:11](https://realalpha.app/v/9n0MI4D7TCM/?t=2711)
- [OpenAI aggregates hundreds of physicians to handle disagreement](https://realalpha.app/s/openai-aggregates-hundreds-of-physicians-to-handle/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 3 min
  > “if you ask five physicians or something like this, any question, you'll get like eight different answers.” — Karan Singhal · [17:12](https://realalpha.app/v/9n0MI4D7TCM/?t=1032)
- [Legacy healthcare software is ripe for computer-use agents](https://realalpha.app/s/legacy-healthcare-software-is-ripe-for-computer-use-agents/)
  a16z Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 3 min
  > “a virtual machine actually makes things easier in some ways for AI agents” — Karan Singhal · [13:34](https://realalpha.app/v/9n0MI4D7TCM/?t=814)

## The episode

- [Should You Trust ChatGPT With Your Health?](https://realalpha.app/v/9n0MI4D7TCM/) · a16z Podcast · Oct 20, 2026