EPISODE · Apr 19, 2026 · 11 MIN
How to Build an AI Startup with Other People's Money
from Ignition by RocketTools · host Dan McCoy, MD
The AI labs are selling you $10,000 a month in computing power for $600. They're doing it at massive losses. And they have very specific reasons you should understand.In this episode, I break down the $670B subsidy era fueling healthcare AI — what it means for builders, when it ends, and four strategies to exploit it before the economics correct themselves.We cover:Why AI pricing follows the exact same playbook as early AWSThe real numbers behind OpenAI's and Anthropic's lossesFour strategies to maximize subsidized compute (from $600/mo subscriptions to $2,500 local hardware)Healthcare startups building real businesses on below-cost AIThe subsidy timeline: when prices normalize and what to do before they doWhether you're a healthcare founder, an operator evaluating AI tools, or just trying to understand why trillion-dollar companies are giving away compute — this one lays it out with data, not hype.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uDB_VJAX05gFull sources and the deep-dive subsidy timeline analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/danmccoymd/p/the-golden-age-of-healthcare-ai-and?r=11z0su&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The AI labs are selling you $10,000 a month in computing power for $600. They're doing it at massive losses. And they have very specific reasons you should understand. In this episode, I break down the $670B subsidy era fueling healthcare AI — what it means for builders, when it ends, and four strategies to exploit it before the economics correct themselves. We cover: Why AI pricing follows the exact same playbook as early AWSThe real numbers behind OpenAI's and Anthropic's lossesFour strateg...
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