Antxon Caballero | Episode 34

Today, I was joined by Antxon Caballero, Founder of Heuristik — a fast-growing European healthtech company focused on one of the most fundamental challenges in healthcare: patient identification and safety. Antxon is building Heuristik with a clear mission — to improve patient safety through smarter, more reliable identification across the care journey. His work goes beyond traditional approaches, exploring how biometrics, AI, and real-time data can reduce misidentification, improve workflows, and ultimately support safer clinical decision-making. (LinkedIn) What’s particularly interesting is the traction Heuristik is gaining across Europe. The company has: 🔹 Secured early-stage investment to scale internationally across Europe, the US, and LATAM (LinkedIn) 🔹 Been recognised in national innovation programmes supporting global expansion (LinkedIn) 🔹 Positioned itself at the intersection of patient safety, operational efficiency, and sustainability — even challenging traditional approaches like single-use identification methods. Antxon is also highly active across the European innovation ecosystem — regularly presenting at startup and investor forums, and driving conversations around the real-world impact of misidentification in healthcare systems. At a time where digital health is accelerating rapidly — particularly with AI — his perspective is an important one: 👉 If we don’t get the fundamentals right (like identity and data integrity), everything built on top becomes inherently risky. Looking forward to a really insightful discussion. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal health advice.We are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast.This podcast is not intended to replace professional medical advice.The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host or the management.