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title: 'Episode 198: Razik Yousfi - Innovating at the Intersection of AI and Pathology'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-198-razik-yousfi-innovating-at-the-intersection-of-ai-and-pathology'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2025-02-24'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7zybcuhdmsa5gh45/Razik_Yousfi6x2bj.mp3'
---

# Episode 198: Razik Yousfi - Innovating at the Intersection of AI and Pathology

My guest today is Razik Yousfi, CEO of Paige. What we discuss with Razik: Joined Paige in 2019 as Head of Engineering Transitioned to CEO to lead the organization in focusing on AI strengths Shift from a technical focus to overall company a…

## Summary

My guest today is Razik Yousfi, CEO of Paige.

What we discuss with Razik:

- Joined Paige in 2019 as Head of Engineering

- Transitioned to CEO to lead the organization in focusing on AI strengths

- Shift from a technical focus to overall company accountability.

- Increased responsibility in setting vision, strategy, and external representation.

- Importance of Data in AI

- AI models depend heavily on the quality of training data.

- Paige emphasizes diverse datasets to improve model performance.

- Access to a rich dataset from over 800 institutions in 45 countries.

- Foundation models enhance the ability to analyze rare cancers and biomarkers.

- Models trained on large datasets improve application development speed.

- Microsoft partnership including working with Microsoft Research and Azure.

- Potential for AI to improve patient care and outcomes through better data integration.

- Alba Introduction: Launched as a clinical-grade AI co-pilot for pathologists.

- Some foundation models, like Virchow, have been open-sourced for research.

- Open-sourcing aims to build trust, encourage benchmarking, and boost the ecosystem.

- Encourages collaboration and faster application development in pathology

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[Digital Pathology Club](https://digitalpathology.club/digital-pathology-beginners-guide-notification?am_id=dennis985)

[Paige Website](https://paige.ai/)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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