NYC HealthTech Launchathon and ClawCamp
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Presented by MedStartr in Partnership with ClawCamp
You bring the vision. We'll help you launch a company — in a weekend.
Healthcare is broken in a hundred ways we all see daily. You've felt it as a patient. diagnosed it as a clinician. doded around it as a builder, and hated it as a person who came into healthcare to help people. The things you see that could be better are hard to fix, and it bothers you that they seem incorrigible. But then you got an idea of something that could help, if you could just build it and get it in the hands of people like you to help patients get better care and the system and caregivers to give better care. We know, we have met thousands of you and ARE you too. That's why we have run this group for almost 18 years and done so many events.
But now, with the help of AI and the new MedStartr.ai platform, we can help even more.
So we created what we are calling a "Launchathon" to help with all that and this is the first one!
The NYC HealthTech Launchathon is your chance to do something about it.
No startup experience required. No coding background needed. Just bring your problem, your perspective, and your curiosity — and we'll bring the AI tools, expert faculty, mentors, investors, and community to help you build something real.
The Program: 3 Phases, 8 Weeks
🔶 Phase I · HealthTech ClawCamp · August 1–2
**Day 1 — August 1 | Stack AI HQ, One World Trade Center**
Learn. Ideate. Validate with Experts on hand and Build or add to your team from other folks like yourself.
Meet amazing people. Pitch problems. Learn from expert AI faculty, upskill. Present or Find a problem worth solving — and the team to solve it with. No startup idea or coding required, but bring your passion to build solutions to the problems in healthcare.
Day 2 — August 2 | Arya Health HQ, NYC**
Build Something Real.
Build prototypes. Validate ideas. Design workflows. Interview users. Use AI, code, and creativity. Leave Day 2 with something real — a working prototype posted to MedStartr.ai Qualifies you for Phase II
(Also Awards of tokens and other great stuff from Day 2 Winners)
🟡 Phase II · MedStartr Crowd Challenge · August 2 – October 6
Your Build goes live on MedStartr.ai where 250,000+ credentialed healthcare stakeholders — patients, clinicians, investors, partners — can review, comment, follow, pilot, and share. More eyes. More feedback. More signal on what actually matters.
Teams keep building and iterating based on what the crowd says.
🏆 Phase III · Launchathon Finals · October 6
Health Impact Forum · Microsoft · Times Square, NYC
The top crowd-validated teams take the stage at one of NYC's biggest healthcare innovation gatherings. Compete for **over $1 million** in investment, accelerator spots, pilots, partnerships, software credits, and everything a startup needs to succeed.
Keynote Speakers
Day 1: Khan Siddiqui, MD
CEO & Co-Founder, HOPPR · 2025 SIIM Imaging Informatics Innovator
"From Hacking to Scale"
Brian Yarnell
3x Exited HealthTech Founder
Day 2: Grace Cordovano, PhD
Board Certified Patient Advocate · CancerX
*"Designing for the Patient Experience"*
- 15 other MedStartr Mentors and 7 AI expert trainers to help you validate, plan and build your ideas out better and faster
## Who Should Attend?
This is for **everyone who touches healthcare** — not just developers:
- 🏥 **Clinicians** — physicians, nurses, NPs, PAs who see broken workflows daily
- 🤒 **Patients & caregivers** — living the gaps in care and navigation firsthand
- 🧾 **Admins & billers** — revenue cycle, coding, and operations insiders
- 🔬 **Researchers** — with data, insights, and unmet needs to solve
- 💻 **Tech co-founders** — developers and AI builders seeking high-impact problems (apply for discounted tickets)
- 🚀 **Early founders** — ideas at any stage, ready to validate fast
MedStartr Challenge Winners are 22× more likely to succeed.
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There are many more ticket Types available on MedStartr.ai/launchathon:
| Type | Price | Details |
|------|-------|---------|
| General Admission | $50| Open enrollment |
| Two Pack | $80| Everything is better with friends |
| VIP | $100 | Dedicated mentor time + Health Impact Forum ticket |
| Early Bird | $0-25 | Apply to attend — going fast |
| Tech Co-Founder | $50 | Apply — discounted for technical builders |
| Mentor | Free | Apply via MedStartr.ai |
| Volunteer | Free | Help us run the event |
| Demo Table | $1,000 | Table for laptop, monitor + 1 rollup banner |
Register and buy tickets here or for more options [visit the MedStartr.ai Healthcare Innovation platform with more details!](http://medstartr.ai/launchathon)
Confirmed Sponsors
Arya Health · Stack.ai · Health Impact Forum
Interested in sponsoring?
Five tiers from $2,500 Community to $50,000 Title.
About MedStartr
17 years building the global healthcare innovation community. 9,000+ innovations reviewed. 250,000+ credentialed stakeholders. 1,200+ events in 41 cities. The team behind over 120 contests and crowdchallenges for over 200 sponsors since 2010. We also run the investment funds and accelerators, also named MedStartr where we invest in and accelerate the teams that win challenges like this one.
Check out the new [MedStartr.ai](http://medstartr.ai) alpha Just Launched 7/14/2026!
About ClawCamp
ClawCamp is a global community advancing mastery of AI agents — from first personal agent to advanced multi-agent workflows. 1,400+ events · 120+ cities · 100,000+ attendees trained. The AI training backbone of the Launchathon build weekend.
Visit them at clawcamp.us
