At 20 years old, Auckland student Will Hewitt is already on the frontline in the fight against heart disease. Hewitt’s company, HeartLab, makes artificial intelligence tools to help doctors diagnose and treat the disease, which is responsible for almost one in three deaths in New Zealand. “We’re getting doctors off of their computers and back in front of their patients,” Hewitt said. SUPPLIED HeartLab chief executive Will Hewitt, 20, has raised $1.1 million to help bring the company’s artificial intelligence technology to market. The funding will help HeartLab bring its technology to the New Zealand market and expand its team from five to 10.

Source: Stuff October 15, 2020 00:08 UTC