CNBC May 10, 2018
- Amazon has built a team within Alexa to dive more deeply into the health-care space.
- Members include Missy Krasner, a former Box health executive, and veteran engineer Larry Ockene.
- The group wants to eventually provide services to new mothers and people with diabetes and to ensure proper regulatory and data privacy requirements.
The nucleus of Amazon’s effort to upend the health-care market may very well be the Echo device in your living room.
According to an internal document obtained by CNBC, Amazon has built a team within its Alexa voice-assistant division called “health & wellness,” which includes over a dozen people and is being led by Rachel Jiang, who has spent the last 5 years at...
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