Inside ARPA-H's Work on Heart Failure | Dr Haider Warraich | Healthcare AI

The technology to do on the phone what a person can do does not exist. Dr Haider Warraich on why ARPA-H exists. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Dr Haider Warraich is a Program Manager at ARPA-H. He explains the technical and regulatory barriers blocking progress, the Advocate program launched to de-risk the space so innovators will take big swings, and his view that a country can lead on AI capability and evaluation simultaneously. KEY FINDINGS • Technology matching what a person can do on the phone not yet existing • Technical and regulatory barriers both in play • The Advocate program launched at ARPA-H • De-risking the space so innovators will take big swings • Government providing resources as well as removing risk • Leading on AI capability and on evaluation at the same time • Real action rather than stated commitments on AI evaluation • Almost nobody having collected the underlying data properly GUEST Dr. Haider Warraich, Program Manager, ARPA-H FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/haider-warraich-arpa-h-advocate-program Recorded at ViVE 2026 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — HEALTHCARE AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 5