"The doctor's bot will see you now." Unpacking mfine's AI platform play FactorDaily

If you're a Bengaluru resident, it's quite likely that you might have seen mfine's billboards, which are plastered around town, pitching their solution for an on-demand healthcare platform, where you can get a doctor consultation in 60 seconds. The year-old startup, founded by ex-Myntra co-founder Ashutosh Lawania and other members of Myntra's leadership team is not only mobile first, it's also an AI first startup. Its homepage touts its AI healthcare platform, claiming that the system is learning medical standards, protocols, diagnosis and treatment methods. "Software is going to eat the world, but AI is going to eat software." AI and machine learning have made significant incursions into agriculture, transport, education, and healthcare this decade, and some of these ripples can be felt in India too.