On April 15th Wilson Sonsini partner Andrea Linna will present on the panel “Representing the Founders, Investors, and Innovators of Healthcare AI: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies.” The session will explore the central role venture capital plays in bringing healthcare AI to market and the complex legal landscape that founders and investors must navigate.

Key topics to be addressed during the panel include:

• Navigating regulatory complexity. The panel will examine the legal and regulatory challenges that make healthcare AI especially complex, including data rights and access, patient harm liability considerations, and multilayered federal and state oversight, including through emerging healthcare AI-specific laws, corporate practice of medicine restrictions, and fraud and abuse considerations.
• Effective counseling of startups and their investors in healthcare AI. Panelists will share insights on advising healthcare AI companies through formation, fundraising strategies, growth planning, and positioning for eventual exit, as well as how to be effective venture capital investor counsel given the rapidly evolving market.
• Right-sizing compliance by stage. Panelists will discuss how healthcare regulatory compliance expectations should be calibrated to a company’s maturity. For example, when a seed-stage company cannot reasonably be held to the same compliance infrastructure as a Series B or later-stage company, and what level of compliance readiness is realistic and advisable at each stage of growth. The discussion will also address the gap that often emerges when early-stage companies seek pilots or contracts with health systems or other sophisticated partners, whose compliance requirements may be significantly more robust than what the startup has built, and the investment that may be required to bridge that gap.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 8:00 - 9:15 AM | Representing the Founders, Investors, and Inventors of Health Care AI: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

Panelists

• Fannie Chen, Chief Operating Officer, 25madison
• Carrie Kibler, General Counsel, Yosemite Management
• Andrea Linna, Partner, Wilson Sonsini

The health law industry continues to evolve, and as such, industry professionals must stay up to date on the legal and business issues to consider when structuring deals and transactions for their clients and institutions. In-house and outside counsel, compliance professionals, consultants, and private equity professionals and venture capitalists will gain key insights regarding business and legal issues in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other health care transactions.  Attendees of this conference will develop knowledge surrounding current developments, strategies, and deal forecasts and learn critical business considerations that must be addressed before, during, and after a transaction.