"Businesses are best when there is some personal motivation, when you are trying to solve a problem that is personal to you."

- Eric Lefkofsky

Eric Lefkofsky

Eric Lefkofsky is the founder and CEO of Tempus, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare. He is a founding partner of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in disruptive technologies. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), a global e-commerce marketplace, and co-founder of Mediaocean, a leading provider of integrated media procurement technology; Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), a technology-enabled transportation and logistics outsourcing firm and InnerWorkings (NASDAQ: INWK), a global provider of managed print and promotional solutions.

The Magic of MMM’s

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December 4, 2024

For the past few years, the technology world has been overtaken by Large Language Models, or LLMs. The power of these models is indisputable. Spend time with ChatGPT 4o or Llama 3.1 or Claude 3.5 and you will realize that these models have matured and now provide almost mesmerizing...

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The Black Hole

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October 24, 2024

Our rising healthcare costs in the US are akin to a giant blackhole, consuming everything in its path. In 2023, we spent $4.8 trillion on healthcare, almost 20% of our economy. The average American spent over $14,000. Let’s put that number in perspective. If we compare US healthcare spend against other...

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Meet Olivia

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September 11, 2024

My motivation in starting Tempus back in 2015 was personal. I set out to build a solution that could keep any one person with cancer alive. At the time, I thought that person might need to be my wife. It ended up being a 19-year-old friend of my daughter’s named Olivia. My...

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