Founder stories from the world of Data and AI The Growth Playbook: Data & AI Gut Health, AI, and Scaling Care with Bill Snyder - CEO @ Cylinder Health - ThinkData Podcast

Episode 20

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27th Aug 2025

S3 | E20 | Fixing Gut Health with AI with Bill Synder - CEO & Founder at Cylinder

Welcome to the ThinkData Podcast, in partnership with Dataworks.

Today I’m joined by Bill Snyder, Founder & CEO of Cylinder Health, the gut-first virtual care platform helping employers and health plans tackle digestive health with personalized, clinically backed support that improves outcomes and lowers costs.

Bill has a wealth of experience in digital health and wellness, having led teams at Humana, Virta Health, and Vivante before founding Cylinder in 2021.

💡 Conversation Topics

  • What inspired Bill to launch Cylinder Health, and how the product has evolved since its early days
  • The biggest challenges he faced when expanding to more employers and health plans
  • Balancing human support (dietitians and coaches) with technology while scaling
  • How Cylinder is using AI and automation today to personalize care and improve outcomes
  • Where AI could play a bigger role in the future, from patient experience to operational efficiency
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ThinkData Podcast
The Growth Playbook: Data & AI
The Growth Playbook brings you inside the minds of the leaders shaping Data and AI. Each episode, we sit down with some of the most interesting voices in the industry, from startup founders to seasoned execs, to hear their stories, lessons learned, and the real strategies behind growing great businesses.

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Alex Hutchings

I’m the Co-Founder of the Dataworks Group, a specialist talent partner in the world of Data and Artificial Intelligence.

I’ve spent the last 15+ years working at the heart of this space, helping some of the most exciting companies on the planet build world-class Data and AI teams.

Through our roundtables, live events, and right here on the ThinkData Podcast, my goal is simple: to bring you real insights from the fastest-growing talent market in the world.

Whether you’re building, hiring, or just curious about what’s next, you’ll hear straight from the founders and senior leaders shaping the future of work.