
Biotia Fighting Infectious Diseases: Dr. Niamh O’Hara with Cristian Ponce
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Episode · 27:14 · Oct 21, 2025
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In episode 94 of Venture Everywhere the host is Cristian Ponce the CEO of Tetsuwan Scientific, an early-stage company developing software to help scientists operate laboratory automation systems. He talks with Dr. Niamh O’Hara, co-founder and CEO of Biotia, a healthtech company using genomics and AI to fight infectious diseases. She shares how a vision to modernize diagnostics and close the gap in infectious disease detection inspired her to spin Biotia out of Cornell Tech and bring precision metagenomics to market. She opens up about how Biotia bridges the worlds of science and entrepreneurship to accelerate the future of infectious disease diagnostics.In this episode, you will hear:Advancing infectious disease testing with genomics and AITurning academic research into scalable healthtech innovationBuilding faster, more precise pathogen detection toolsCombating antimicrobial resistance through smarter diagnosticsExpanding into women’s health and clinical partnershipsLearn more about Niamh O’Hara | BiotiaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niamh-b-o-hara Website: https://www.biotia.io Learn more about Cristian Ponce | Tetsuwan ScientificLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-ponce5 Website: https://tetsuwan.com
27m 14s · Oct 21, 2025
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