Silicon Heartbeats: A Silicon Valley Novel of AI, Ambition, and the Cost of Changing the World

By: Alessandro Sappia

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Novel,

ISBN: 9789948610854

SKU: BEALS900001

Pages: 152

Description: After witnessing a devastating medical error in a hospital corridor, Alex, a twenty-five-year-old Stanford PhD student, discovers a chilling truth: thousands of Americans die each year from diagnoses that should never have been missed. When his grandmother narrowly survives a misdiagnosis of her own, the problem becomes painfully personal. Immersed in biomedical engineering research and driven by a growing sense of urgency, Alex begins to wonder whether the technology he's developing could help change the future of medicine. What starts as a question soon becomes an obsession. From a leaking office in South San Francisco, Alex and his best friend build Vitanova, an AI-powered diagnostic company with an audacious mission: help doctors catch what others overlook. As the startup rises from obscurity to become one of the most talked-about names in medical AI, Alex finds himself living the dream he once imagined in that hospital corridor. But success has a way of exposing what ambition conceals. A high-stakes funding round forces Alex to confront truths he has spent years avoiding. A ruthless investor known for breaking founders sees weakness where others see promise. A trusted ally begins operating in the shadows. The relationship Alex believed would last forever starts slipping beyond his reach. And the sacrifices buried beneath sixteen-hour workdays return, one by one, demanding to be reckoned with. From the fog-shrouded streets of Silicon Valley to the sun-drenched shores of the Mediterranean, Silicon Heartbeats is a gripping novel about innovation, betrayal, love, and the hidden cost of building something that changes the world. It is the story of a founder forced to decide what matters most when everything he has worked for is finally within reach.