Shift Bias
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Shift Bias was a Bend, Oregon software startup founded in 2018 by Vance Naegle, building VR and AI-based training to help people recognize their own biases, gain tools to address them, and track lasting change and progress. The company also developed immersive medical simulation tools — human patient simulators, data-driven simulation systems and virtual platforms — for healthcare education, competing with firms like Gaumard Scientific, Laerdal Medical and SimX. It raised $1.17 million and employed 1–10 people.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Shift Bias is founded in Bend, Oregon (January 1, 2018), building VR/AI-based bias-recognition training and medical simulation tools; it raises $1.17 million.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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