Detecting Gastrointestinal Cancers Earlier with Marcel Gehrung from Cyted

The role of AI in cancer detection grows more significant with each passing week. During this conversation, I welcome Marcel Gehrung, CEO and Co-Founder of Cyted, to discuss detecting gastrointestinal cancer. You’ll learn how Cyted leverages machine learning to diagnose Barrett’s Esophagus in upper GI samples. Marcel reveals some of the challenges he has faced at Cyted related to the limited autonomy an algorithm can realistically provide, and annotating data for training and validation. Hear how the company is responding to changes in AI, and why hiring for technical roles at Cyted has not been difficult, due to their location. You’ll hear Marcel’s perspective on hiring specialist generalists and some of his advice for leaders at AI-powered startups.

Key Points:

• Introducing founder and CEO at Cyted, Marcel Gehrung. 
• His path to focusing on gastrointestinal cancer detection.
• How the technology at Cyted works to diagnose Barrett’s Esophagus. 
• What Barrett’s is and who is most susceptible to it. 
• The role of machine learning in detecting cancer in upper GI samples.
• Navigating the challenge of how much autonomy an algorithm can provide.
• Annotating data for training and validation.
• How Cyted is responding to changes in AI.
• Hiring for technical roles at Cyted.
• Onboarding challenges due to the verticality of technology Cyted works with. 
• Why Marcel advocates for hiring specialized generalists.
• Marcel’s advice for leaders of AI-powered startups. 
• Where he sees the impact of Cyted in three to five years.

Quotes:

“We’re essentially leveraging the best of both worlds. We’re working with cytoscreeners, which we also have on our staff to generate the initial annotations, and then we have someone who looks at it and then reclassifies if necessary.” — Marcel Gehrung

“The more ability the candidates have to horizontally integrate different types of knowledge from across the company or across the technology of the sector, the better.” — Marcel Gehrung

“Getting carried away just happens so easily, particularly when we follow the various news outlets in the world that overwhelm us with new exciting ideas and functions of that technology.” — Marcel Gehrung

Links:

Marcel Gehrung on LinkedIn
Marcel Gehrung on Twitter
Cyted

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