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by fessa 3667 days ago
The professor who started this ML company actually did what you mentioned.

His Hb1aC a number of years ago was a a bit over 12%, which is dangerous, and he ran data analytics on himself to see how he could reduce it. Now he's at 6.4%.

He then turned it into an app, with some multi-food image recognition, did a clinical study at a university, and started bringing it into market.

I agree, the insurance issue is a two sided headache, they want to charge more and more while you want to pay less because you know it's for your own good be be healthy.

But nevertheless, we started reaching out to a few insurance companies: any particular suggestions you have in mind though?

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That is a good origin story! I would contend though that it was the performing of the data analytics on himself (which helped keep it top of mind and helped him to develop an internal model) that was the most helpful. People simply using the app may find it less so. (Not trying to dump on the product, merely giving my thought processes when I decided not to in the past).
We developed a logbook as well to show physicians and insurance companies user data (each see different appropriate info regarding their needs)