Powerhouse US Tech and Cancer Programs Form $40M AI Alliance
4 OCTOBER 2024
Five leading US tech firms- sometimes seen as competitors- are combining forces to help fight cancer: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Deloitte and Slalom will be supporting leading cancer institutions to the tune of $40-Million Dollars in funding and Artificial Intelligence technology.
Web news service Fierce Healthcare is reporting that the following centers have formed the CAIA, or Cancer AI Alliance: Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins.
The goal is to study shared data, using the power of donated AI to quantify results of rare cancer treatments, usually from relatively small groups of patients. Researchers hope to find new insight by working together, which would hopefully lead to new breakthroughs.
Fierce Healthcare reports that members hope to grow the Alliance into a $1-Billion Dollar initiative as more institutions join.
