More than a dozen healthcare AI companies—including Owkin and Arterys—have been named as top startups in CB Insight’s third annual AI 100 list.

The rise of AI and machine learning in the healthcare market hasn’t gone unnoticed by KenSci, a Seattle-based company that offers an AI and machine learning platform for healthcare groups. The company has now raised an additional $22 million in hopes of growing along with the market.

Utah-based healthcare big data company Health Catalyst announced it has closed $100 million in Series F equity and debt funding. Financing will support the expansion of Health Catalyst’s technology and services offering for healthcare information. 

Medicus AI GmbH, a Dubai-based technology company that uses AI to make health data more understandable, has raised about $3.1 million in a Series A funding round, according to information available on Crunchbase.

Spending growth per Medicare beneficiary has slowed considerably since 2005, and 56 percent of that decline can be linked to reduced spending on cardiovascular disease and related risk factors, researchers reported Feb. 4 in Health Affairs.

As healthcare continues to shift toward automation and AI, a new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program suggests a need for changes in both education and workplace culture for individuals to cope with the transition. 

The United Nations (UN) is predicting several industries will see a wave of AI-based products and apps in the near future, after its latest report revealed more than 340,000 AI-related patent applications have been filed since the technology emerged in the 1950s.

M*Modal announced its conversational AI platform earned distinction for “delivering the broadest clinical, financial and operational impact on healthcare organizations” as part of the Best in KLAS: Software and Services report.