KeyPedia Unlocked Ep. 1: Steve Prewitt on Where AI Actually Works in Pharma

Introducing our new in-person series: KeyPedia Unlocked. Beyond in-person conversation, this series strives to maintain and invite visionary speakers at the forefront of life sciences.

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On this episode, George sits down with Steve Prewitt, who leads the Applied AI practice at Genpact. Steve's path runs through Pfizer, Charles River, VNSNY, Healthfirst (as Chief Analytics Officer), Roivant's digital innovation program, and Exponential Data, the startup he helped scale to a Genpact acquisition in two years. He now mentors founders through PharmStars, the pharma tech accelerator where he and George met.

They get into where AI is actually being adopted in pharma and life sciences, why regulatory interactions are ripe for automation, what separates a real vertical AI company from an LLM wrapper, the death of seat-based pricing, and why 2026 is an amazing time to be a founder.

Top Clips

The Duality of AI Solutions

Minute 35:09

"For non-technical buyers, people just want the outcome; they want to genuinely reduce the burden."

"Being an AI founder in 2026, you have to go back and forth from this guy who thinks they can build it on a Saturday to this guy who has the problem but is scared."

Reduce Cycle Times, Variability, and Risk Using AI

Minute: 26:55

"How do you reduce cycle times? How do you reduce variability? How do you reduce risk? There's a difference between where AI grabs headlines and where it makes actual advancement."

Working with Counters and Applying AI

Minute: 24:32

"How are people thinking about old problems in new ways?"

"There's a lot of work that humans would be very happy to have automated."

A Product's Success is the Whole Company

Minute 26:11

"Working with execs at a single product biotech, that product's success or failure is the whole company."

Showing Buyers What's Better, Faster, Safer

Minute: 31:54

"This is the work. And often, that involves integration and some kind of measurable output for a unit of input."

"You need to be able to show non-technical people that it's better, that it's faster, that it's safe."

Why Did You Want to Mentor at PharmStars?

Minute: 23:14

"I'm proud of the team and organization I was a part of while I was there."

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