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Nefesh — a foundation model for the body

Nefesh — a foundation model for the body · Launch Video Breakdown: Hook, Pacing & Motion Design

AI & MLProductionOctober 8, 2026@MLeshchiner
0:00 · The Hook · Medical Instrumentation Timeline
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Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript

  1. The Hook

    Medical Instrumentation Timeline

    “In 1816, a French doctor rolls up a sheet of paper and puts it against a person's chest, and hears a heartbeat for the first time. In 1895, the x-ray. In 1953, the echocardiogram.”

    On screen
    1816 19TH CENTURY 1810 1820 1830 1834 1895 1953 20TH CENTURY
    Camera
    Static graphic plane with horizontal scrubbing along a calibrated timeline.
    Motion
    Minimalist vector line animation drawing medical devices along an axis.
  2. Problem Agitation

    The Missing Inventions

    “Every one of those was a new instrument, and every one of them did the same thing. It made a category of disease visible that had been killing people invisibly the entire time. Here's what I think about a lot.”

    On screen
    (No on-screen text)
    Camera
    Medium close-up stationary interview shot with subtle handheld organic float.
    Motion
    Direct-to-camera founder address with cinematic warm rim lighting.
  3. Problem Agitation

    50 Years of Incrementalism

    “We haven't built a new instrument in about 50 years. We built faster versions of old ones, cheaper ones, ones that fit in a pocket or run in the cloud.”

    On screen
    1816 1895 1953 2012 1953 1955 1972 2005 2011 2012 21ST CENTURY
    Camera
    Smooth horizontal pan tracking timeline advancement into modern era.
    Motion
    Accelerating timeline ticker revealing miniaturized modern hardware.
  4. Problem Agitation

    The Perception Limit

    “All of them are good, but none of them are fundamentally new. We got better at looking, we didn't get anything new to look with. So here's ours.”

    On screen
    (No on-screen text)
    Camera
    Frontal medium shot cut back to founder at desk.
    Motion
    Conversational cadence shift setting up product reveal.
  5. Problem Agitation

    The Stagnant ECG

    “The ECG is 125 years old and has exactly one job, rhythm. It's 10 seconds, 12 leads, and one fundamental question.”

    On screen
    1816 1895 1953 2012
    Camera
    Horizontal pan transitioning into dynamic ECG trace drawing rightward.
    Motion
    Continuous path trace converting timeline axis into cardiac PQRST wave.
  6. Product Reveal

    Introducing Nefesh

    “It was never the test that was limited, it was the reader. Nefesh reads the rest.”

    On screen
    (No on-screen text)
    Camera
    Static founder close-up.
    Motion
    Pivotal dramatic thesis delivery.
  7. Product Reveal

    Physiological Foundation Architecture

    “We're introducing Nefesh, our frontier model for human physiology. Trained and validated on millions of patients with Mayo Clinic and other top centers.”

    On screen
    SIGNAL INPUTS ECG Electrocardiogram PPG Photoplethysmography EMG Electromyography EEG Electroencephalogram SpO2 Blood Oxygen Saturation Nefesh Our foundational model CLINICAL OUTPUTS Ejection fraction Systole Submitted | FDA Structural disease 3 types In development Potassium K<3.5 In development Heart failure 5 yrs Future direction Pre-diabetic signature Early marker Future direction
    Camera
    Static wide UI node diagram.
    Motion
    Hierarchical node reveal branching signal inputs into clinical prediction outputs.
  8. Feature Teaser

    ECG Neural Mapping

    “It takes that same 10 seconds and returns structure, function and chemistry. Things that used to need a different machine, a different room and a different appointment.”

    On screen
    Nefesh Our foundational model SHD LVEF, Amyloid, PR HCM Amyloidosis Potassium Rhythms Arrhythmias STEMI/OMI
    Camera
    Slow inward push on connected neural graph.
    Motion
    Real-time pulse traveling through neural network weights into classified pathologies.
  9. Feature Teaser

    Clinical Deployment & Backing

    “It's not just a paper, it's running live in clinical sites today. When it finds something, it doesn't just page a physician and walk away. Our agentic infrastructure carries that patient from confirmation to treatment, and whether they're still on it six months later. A new instrument that nobody can act on isn't an instrument, it's just a curiosity. That's what we're announcing today. Nefesh is in the clinic. We're also announcing that we're backed by an incredible group of investors.”

    On screen
    Live in clinic 40,000+ patients a16z/speedrun MAYO CLINIC Recursive VENTURES BRICKYARD
    Camera
    Locked off medium interview framing with animated graphic badges in corner space.
    Motion
    Lower-third numeric metric slide-in followed by investor logo grid overlay.
  10. Feature Teaser

    Multimodal Physiological Expansion

    “The ECG is just where we start. It's not where we stop. We're building the frontier model for human physiology,”

    On screen
    Additional signal types - In development PPG EMG SHD LVEF, Amyloid, PR HCM Amyloidosis Potassium Rhythms Arrhythmias STEMI/OMI + Finding 1 + Finding 2 + Finding 3
    Camera
    Subtle push on network graph expanding new input vectors.
    Motion
    Color-coded pulse paths (blue PPG, red EMG) connecting to the model core.
  11. Feature Teaser

    The Hidden Signals

    “because almost everything that kills people was measurable in the body long before anyone thought to look. Every instrument in that lineage found a disease we've been dying of in the dark. We think this one finds the rest.”

    On screen
    (No on-screen text)
    Camera
    Static front shot on speaker.
    Motion
    Sincere, steady keynote delivery.
  12. Call to Action

    ElectroKare Call to Action

    “(No spoken dialogue — ambient bass drone and synth chord)”

    On screen
    electrokare Making physiology computable. Deploying live at healthcare sites today. Reach out on our site electrokare.com mitchell@electrokare.com
    Camera
    Static slate with gentle organic background wave motion.
    Motion
    Typographic cross-fade on deep green backdrop with subtle wave distortion.

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