NextGen Invent joins American Heart Association network to expand AI in healthcare

StartupBeat Team
By StartupBeat Team September 3, 2026

NextGen Invent, a Straive Company, has joined the American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation’s Innovators’ Network, adding its AI and technology expertise to a consortium focused on advancing cardiovascular and brain health innovation.

The Innovators’ Network brings together entrepreneurs, healthcare providers, researchers, and payers to develop scalable digital health solutions. Members can access the Association’s evidence-based scientific guidelines and clinical recommendations while developing healthcare technologies.

The network also gives members opportunities to collaborate on clinical outcome studies, helping reduce the cost of developing those studies independently and providing evidence that digital platforms can improve healthcare outcomes.

For NextGen Invent, the partnership connects its work in AI strategy, AI enablement, AI governance, and modern data platforms with a broader healthcare innovation ecosystem.

“We are excited to join the American Heart Association’s® Innovators’ Network, as it provides opportunities to collaborate with others innovating in the health technology space,” said Deepak Mittal, CEO of NextGen Invent, a Straive Company.

“As an AI-first organization with deep healthcare and life sciences experience along with expertise in AI strategy, scalable AI enablement, AI governance, and modern data platforms, backed by strong thought leadership, we value the opportunity for the advancement of evidence-based digital health innovation.”

Robert A. Harrington, M.D., FAHA, volunteer past president of the American Heart Association and chair of the Association’s Health Tech Advisory Group for the Center, said the network is designed to help accelerate healthcare technology development.

“The Center for Health Technology & Innovation is dedicated to fostering the rapid, efficient and impactful development of healthcare technology,” said Robert A. Harrington, M.D., FAHA, volunteer past president of the American Heart Association (2019-2020), chair of the American Heart Association’s Health Tech Advisory Group for the Center, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University. “By joining the Innovators’ Network, members can tap into the consortium to broaden and enhance their engagement in this transformative field.”

The partnership gives NextGen Invent an opportunity to collaborate with organizations across the healthcare ecosystem as AI moves toward more evidence-based applications.