Presagen
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Presagen, founded in Adelaide, Australia in 2016 by Michelle and Don Perugini, was an AI healthcare company focused on women's health. It built a decentralized federated-AI platform that trained models on distributed clinical data without moving patient data, and commercialized the Life Whisperer series: AI tools that assess embryo and egg (oocyte) images to improve IVF pregnancy outcomes, authorized for sale in 47 countries.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Michelle and Don Perugini found Presagen in Adelaide to build AI products for women's health on a federated data platform.
- Acquisition
Astec, a global manufacturer of assisted-reproduction equipment, acquires Presagen's Life Whisperer fertility product line in October 2024.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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