When Adam Amitai’s 55-year-old mother in law got sick, it took the doctors a year to correctly diagnose her with ovarian cancer. By then, it was too late. She died eight months later.

It wasn’t their fault, sometimes diagnosis – particularly in an industry becoming increasingly specialized and fragmented – can be difficult.

But Amitai, a specialist in intelligence, decided he needed to do something to prevent this happening to others.

The result is his startup Lavaa Health, which uses AI to sift through patient data, spot early signs of potential health problems, and to identify those rare illnesses that are often difficult to diagnose.

It’s a breakthrough in medicine that can easily make the difference between life and death for patients.