AI Healthcare Hack NYC - by Arya Health & Twilio AI Startup Searchlight

About the challengeCome build the conversational AI that healthcare actually needs. Healthcare Hack NYC is a one-day, in-person sprint hosted with our friends atArya Health— a Series A startup reimagining the economics of healthcare services — at their NYC office. Our main sponsor isTwilio's AI Startup Searchlight, celebrating startups building the future of voice, conversational AI, and LLM-powered agents. Bring your laptop, form a team, and ship a real AI agent in a single day.🎯 The ChallengeBuild production-ready voice/text AI agents that can carry out a full conversation end-to-end, grounded in domain knowledge and personalized to each caller. Reliability, guardrails, security, and scalability aren't nice-to-haves — they're the prerequisite.You must use Twilio to qualify for sponsor prizes.Get startedBuild a conversational agent that handles a real healthcare workflow — patient intake, scheduling, reminders, insurance verification, caregiver follow-up — from hello to done. Suggested building blocks:Telephony— must use Twilio to qualify for prizesAgent Development Framework— orchestrate and modularize the conversation logicModel (TTS/STT)— power the conversation with the best voice AI modelsKnowledge Base— connect to external sources and data for enriched, grounded contextCaller Info— recognize and personalize the conversation to the individual caller