Mindr Co-Founder Ariana Myers Featured in Columbia Business School's AI Spotlight Series

Mindr Co-Founder Ariana Myers '02 was recently featured in Columbia Business School's Digital Future spotlight series, which profiles alumni leading businesses at the forefront of AI.

In the interview, Ariana highlights the gap Mindr was built to close: while research shows up to half of dementias may be preventable through modifiable risk factors, existing programs are resource-intensive, in-person, and reach far too few people. Mindr translates evidence-based dementia prevention protocols into personalized, daily action — with a particular focus on midlife adults and caregivers who are often just one degree of separation from a diagnosis.

Ariana shares that the biggest surprise in building Mindr hasn't been technological — it's been behavioral. The science of dementia prevention is stronger than most people realize, but sustaining daily action is the real challenge, especially for caregivers who routinely deprioritize their own health.

On AI, she draws a clear line: Mindr uses AI for personalization and continuity — adapting guidance to individual context and intervening at the right moments — but keeps humans in the loop for emotional complexity and clinical oversight. As Ariana puts it, "AI's role in healthcare is to extend human capacity, not replace it."

Looking ahead, she sees AI enabling something healthcare has long struggled with: delivering personalized, preventive support continuously and at population scale — creating a path toward prevention that is not only effective, but economically viable.

Read the full interview at Columbia Business School's Digital Future.