health care founded 2012 2012 defunct april 2015 2015 04 headquarters new york new york united states area served worldwide key people jaan tallinn founder products personalized medical research website www.metamed.com metamed research was 1 a medical consulting firm aiming to provide high end personalized medical research services . it was founded in 2012 by michael vassar previously of the singularity institute 2 3 jaan tallinn co founder of skype and kazaa 4 5 and zvi mowshowitz 4 with startup funding from silicon valley investor peter thiel . 5 metamed stated that its researchers were drawn from top universities as well as prominent technology companies such as google . 6 contents 1 concept 2 services 3 termination 4 references concept edit vassar founded metamed to apply the principles of rationality training as taught by eliezer yudkowsky on his website lesswrong to medicine having left yudkowsky s singularity institute to do so . he intended to demonstrate the importance of yudkowsky s version of rationality to all aspects of society saying 7 we can save lots and lots and lots of lives . but it s the signal it s the hey reason works that matters . it s not really about medicine . services edit founder michael vassar metamed was intended to provide an alternative to typical one size fits all healthcare . 8 to this end company researchers gathered detailed medical information on each client using this as the basis for the creation of personalized research reports for various conditions or in some cases for the purpose of client performance enhancement . 9 it also assessed the expected value of various tests and created maps of correlations between possible medical conditions . one aim of the company was to aid doctors with advanced artificial intelligence and data from information experts . 10 metamed s personalized medical research services were targeted at the market for concierge medicine with prices ranging from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands . 6 11 12 one patient who had been provided free services by metamed said that personalized medical research was the only thing that has helped him after seeing numerous doctors . 11 termination edit by 2015 metamed was defunct which tallinn attributed to limited interest in the service and the organization s lack of expertise . 1 references edit a b clarke liat 24 april 2015 . the solution to saving healthcare systems new feedback loops . wired.co.uk . retrieved 24 may 2015 . tallinn learned the importance of feedback loops himself the hard way after seeing the demise of one of his startups medical consulting firm metamed . http intelligence.org 2012 02 05 singularity institute progress report january 2012 peter thiel backed metamed brings personalized health care but only to the 1 percent . venturebeat . 1 march 2013 . a b our scientists doctors & researchers metamed . archived from the original on may 5 2013 . a b peter thiel backed metamed thinks you should have your own on demand medical research team . the next web . 1 march 2013 . a b vance ashlee 13 june 2013 . metamed enhances medical diagnoses with data analysts researchers . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 22 october 2013 . frank sam january 2015 . come with us if you want to live among the apocalyptic libertarians of silicon valley . harper s. access date requires url help estonian startup launches online medical consultation firm in the u.s. . why personalized healthcare matters . archived from the original on may 3 2013 . mitchell luke 16 june 2013 . the 250 000 physical . new york magazine . retrieved 22 october 2013 . a b young robin 24 july 2013 . a new kind of second opinion at a price . npr here and now . retrieved 22 october 2013 . pogorelc deanna 3 july 2013 . if a doctor s opinion isn t enough metamed will sell you a team of personal medical researchers . med city news . retrieved 22 october 2013 . v t e lesswrong people julia galef robin hanson eliezer yudkowsky organizations 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