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Daniel Hawkins Is Building the MRI Department a Bigger Door
After helping turn surgical robotics, intravascular lithotripsy and operating-room telepresence into working markets, Daniel Hawkins has chosen a quieter bottleneck: the MRI scanner itself. His method is consistent - find the constraint, simplify the experience, and build until adoption feels natural.
Vista AI
Vista AI (formerly HeartVista) builds AI software that automates MRI exams so any technologist can capture consistent, high-quality scans without a specialist on site. Spun out of Stanford's Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Lab in 2012, its FDA-cleared cardiac MRI product turns a manual, expert-dependent procedure into a largely automated one, and the company is expanding into brain, prostate and spine imaging. Backed by Khosla Ventures and a roster of major U.S. health systems, Vista AI positions automation as a fix for the gap between soaring MRI demand and a shortage of skilled technologists.