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Sword Health has announced a landmark partnership with the Greek government to deploy its AI care solutions in the Greek National Health System. This bold step points to a future where artificial intelligence and human clinical teams work side by side, breaking barriers of access, cost, and geography to deliver high‑quality care.
Virgílio Bento, Sword’s founder, framed it clearly: this partnership is not just about Greece. It’s a blueprint for how nations can adopt AI at scale in healthcare. For systems long constrained by inefficiency and inequity, change requires more than vision it demands courage to break with the status quo. Greece has shown that courage, and in doing so, may inspire others to follow.
For Portugal’s ecosystem, this is more than a proud moment. It’s proof that our startups are not only competing globally, but redefining what’s possible. Sword Health is exporting not just technology, but a philosophy: that healthcare can be universal, affordable, and human‑centered; if we dare to reimagine it.
And as momentum builds from Web Summit, Lisboa AI Week, and Portugal Tech Week, this announcement reminds us why we build: innovation is not an end in itself but a lever to transform lives. When a Portuguese startup partners with a European government to reshape healthcare, it signals that our ecosystem is ready to lead—because Portugal’s startups aren’t just building companies, they’re building the future of healthcare and showing Europe how it’s done.
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