All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Monday, September 28, 2026
Daniel Ek explained that Necko's core mission is to transition healthcare from a reactive to a preventative model by significantly increasing the amount of data collected. He stated that the US spends 18% of its GDP on healthcare, with chronic diseases and conditions like heart disease and melanoma being major cost drivers. The key to prevention, according to Ek, is early discovery, which requires more comprehensive and longitudinal data.
“The US is spending 18% of its GDP on healthcare. It's a single largest line item, uh, in the budget.”
“The key thing is if you discover things early, um, you're actually good.”
“So everyone in the entire healthcare industry is in agreement that we have to take healthcare from reactive to preventative health.”
“Um, our view is that, uh, um, my co-founder Yelman and I, um, our view is really that, uh, um, the way you get there is that you need a lot more data than you have today, both from each modality, uh, that you gather data, but also across multiple modalities and, uh, longitudinally.”