ByteSight Ep. 1 — From Slides to Systems: Building AI on Solid Data

How do you build trustworthy AI in healthcare? Start with the data.

In the first episode of ByteSight, host Dr. Manasi A-Ratnaparkhe, co-founder and CEO of PAICON, sits down with Dr. Uwe Schalles, a diagnostics veteran with 25+ years of experience at Roche and Ventana, to unpack the full data lifecycle from acquisition and curation to quality control and access for pharma R&D.

Together, they explore:

• Why sourcing high-quality H&E slides is harder than it looks

• How technical diversity (scanners, staining, formats) impacts AI reliability

• Mobile phones in pathology—gimmick or emerging frontier?

• What it takes to push algorithm boundaries and stay within regulatory frameworks

• The systemic nature of medical AI: from fixation protocols to FDA-certified scanners

Whether you're building AI, validating datasets, or shaping the future of digital health, this episode gives you a rare behind-the-scenes look at what really drives performance and trust in medical AI.