OpenAI taps Instagram and Doximity execs to lead its next AI healthcare push

"The AI powerhouse has tapped Nate Gross, the cofounder and former chief strategy officer of Doximity, and Ashley Alexander, former co-head of product at Instagram, to lead the next phase of its healthcare business. Gross joined OpenAI in June, while Alexander assumed her role on Tuesday, according to their LinkedIn profiles. An OpenAI spokesperson said Gross will lead OpenAI's go-to-market strategy in healthcare, with early goals including co-creating new healthcare technologies with clinicians and researchers. Alexander will be a vice president of product in OpenAI's health business, building tech for individual consumers and clinicians, the spokesperson said."

"But the company has been telegraphing its expanding healthcare ambitions for months. CEO Sam Altman spotlighted ChatGPT's healthcare skills during the August launch of GPT-5, calling the model "a legitimate Ph.D. expert." "It can help you understand your healthcare and make decisions on your journey," Altman said, adding that GPT-5 performed "exceptionally well" on health-related questions. That performance was validated by HealthBench, OpenAI's first stand-alone healthcare tool, released in May. The open-source benchmark lets health systems, startups, and tech firms evaluate the accuracy and safety of health AI applications."

OpenAI hired Nate Gross from Doximity to lead go-to-market strategy in healthcare and Ashley Alexander from Instagram as vice president of product for its health business. Early objectives include co-creating new healthcare technologies with clinicians and researchers and building tools for individual consumers and clinicians. OpenAI has primarily powered other companies' products and partnered on medical AI research but is shifting toward developing proprietary healthcare applications and infrastructure. GPT-5 demonstrated notable performance on health-related questions, and HealthBench offers an open-source benchmark to evaluate the accuracy and safety of health AI applications.

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