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How will AI change the health and wellness space?

Selina thinks AI "is going to massively change that space." Two forces stack: health and nutrition awareness is "increasing exponentially," especially in Gen Z and millennials, and AI can shrink things that were "traditionally... really tedious and really hard to do" until they're "so much more accessible for everyone."

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Selina Li · gymii.ai
EP 2 · Founder, gymii.ai
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Selina thinks AI "is going to massively change that space." Two forces stack: health and nutrition awareness is "increasing exponentially," especially in Gen Z and millennials, and AI can shrink things that were "traditionally... really tedious and really hard to do" until they're "so much more accessible for everyone."

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She gives a small, concrete example: her brother pulled up an AI app at the gym that told him "the exact workout to go through." On a broader scale, she's seen "a lot of startups trying to disrupt the healthcare system" — and the US healthcare system specifically — because of its inefficiencies, with startups going into "a very specific nook" of a huge industry. She's clear-eyed that consumer apps like gymii are "just a very, very tiny piece of it," but sees "so many different applications" where AI could transform the space.