Season 3 · Episode 30
S3 | E30 | AI for Aging: Inside Waterlily’s Mission to Transform Long-Term Care
ThinkData Podcast · Dataworks Group Limited
October 8, 202527m 50s
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Show Notes
Today on the ThinkData Podcast, I’m joined by Lily, Co-Founder of Waterlily, the AI platform helping families plan and prepare for long-term care.
We talk about her journey from NASA to startup life, how she validated early demand for Waterlily, and what it’s really like building a company (and marriage) in parallel with her partner, Evan.
In this episode, I cover
- What Waterlily is and how the idea first came about
- How Lily validated demand early and identified signs of product-market fit
- How she cuts through the AI hype when speaking with investors and partners
- The story behind formalizing the co-founder dynamic with Evan
- How do they balance startup life and marriage, and what communication rituals help
- What Lily had to unlearn as a first-time founder once traction started building
- Her approach to hiring and what great talent looks like in caretech
- Why the mission behind long-term care planning matters more than ever