1 in 41 men will die of prostate cancer. But sticking a needle through your rectum into your prostate to screen for cancer brings along a ton of bacteria and terrible side effects like pain, infection, urinary trouble, and even erectile dysfunction. It turns out you can detect cancer with Magnetic Resonance Imaging…it’s just prohibitively expensive to do one-off MRIs and have radiologists analyze the scans. But by buying MRI slots in bulk and using artificial intelligence to scan them, a new medtech startup called Ezra wants to replace blood tests and biopsies with MRIs as the new standard of care.

Comparing Radiologist and AI detection of cancer in MRI scans

Ezra’s Super Hero Origin

Ezra co-founder and CeO Emi Gal

Magnetic Resonance Innovation

A study found AI to agree with medical experts on prostate cancer detection 90 percent of the time