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Big Tech is betting $700 billion on AI. Healthcare will decide whether the bet pays off

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Microsoft and Mayo Clinic are partnering to develop a frontier AI model specifically tailored for healthcare.

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Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon are expected to spend more than $700 billion on capital expenditures this year as they expand the infrastructure required to support AI. For spending at that scale to pay off, AI will need to deliver meaningful productivity gains across the economy. Few industries offer more room to prove it than healthcare. U.S. healthcare spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, or 18% of GDP. By some estimates, close to $1 trillion goes toward administration alone. Demand for care also continues to outpace the available clinical workforce. If AI can lower the cost of delivering care while freeing clinicians to serve more patients, the economic opportunity could be enormous. Major AI players are already moving deeper into healthcare. Microsoft and Mayo Clinic are developing a frontier AI model designed specifically for healthcare, while Google Cloud and CVS Health have entered a long-term partnership to power CVS's new Health100 platform with Gemini. But for healthcare providers, the AI opportunity comes with a clock. As greater efficiency becomes reflected in reimbursement, what creates an advantage today can become the baseline providers are expected to meet tomorrow. For providers, the economics of AI can be straightforward. Reducing the administrative work required to deliver care lowers the cost of delivering it. But providers may have a limited...

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