He lost half his vision to glaucoma. Now he's using AI to help spot disease — but he says tech will never replace doctors.

Kevin Choi lost half his vision to glaucoma. In 2016, he teamed up with his doctor to cofound Mediwhale, a South Korea-based healthtech startup.

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• At 26, Kevin Choi lost half his vision to glaucoma — a progressive eye disease.
• The diagnosis sparked the start of his healthtech startup, which uses AI to detect critical diseases.
• Choi said AI can speed up and simplify screening, but it's no substitute for a doctor.

At 26, Kevin Choi got a diagnosis that changed his life: glaucoma.