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Gen AI a once-in-a-generation shift for healthcare; KPS scores a big exit

Good morning, Hubsters. MK Flynn here with the Wire.

I’m back from London, where I spent most of last week with PEI Group editorial colleagues from all over the world. We gathered to explore important advances like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Journalism and to brainstorm ways to leverage them at PE Hub and all our titles. We had some fascinating discussions, and I look forward to bringing you the fruits of our talks in the coming months. 

In the meantime, today on the Hub, we’re exploring the potential for Generative AI in healthcare. We’ve got an interview with Eric Berger, a member of Bain & Co’s healthcare and life sciences team, on the topic.

We’ve also got some returns info on a big exit that KPS announced this morning.

And as it’s the last week in June, we’re highlighting our interviews with PE pros in the LGBTQ+ community in observance of Pride Month.

Competitive advantage

Generative AI represents a “once-in-a-generation kind of technology shift” of potential impacts on patient care through the blending of voice, video, text, equipment and robotics, Eric Berger, a member of Bain & Co’s healthcare and life sciences team, told PE Hub healthcare reporter John R Fischer.

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Exit info

Earlier this morning, KPS Capital Partners announced it is selling Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company for $3.9 billion (€3.62 billion).

PE Hub Europe’s Irien Joseph shares info about the returns. Upgrade to the premium version of the Wire to learn more.

Pride Month

Throughout June, PE Hub and PE Hub Europe have been featuring interviews with PE pros in the LGBTQ+ community conducted by reporter Nina Lindholm.

Check out our Pride Month interviews with Alexander Walsh, a senior managing director in Blackstone’s private equity group in London and Yi Xiao, a principal in Permira’s Shanghai office.

And coming up later in the week, we’ll share Nina’s interview with Nicolas Chavanne, a managing director in Advent International’s London office.

You can also listen to Private Equity International’s  podcast, featuring Advent International’s Christina Drakos and KKR’s Brandon Donnenfeld on their experiences coming out in the PE industry.

That’s all for today. Craig McGlashan will be with you tomorrow.

Happy dealmaking,

MK

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They said it

Generative AI will “create winners and losers. It will create the opportunity for some companies to see the benefits, and it will create a whole bunch of risk for companies and subsectors to feel the other side of that.”

— Eric Berger, Bain & Co, in an interview