Flywheel and Microsoft Forge Partnership for AI Collaboration

• Flywheel launches AI tool on Azure to accelerate medical imaging research.

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  Flywheel partners with Microsoft and NVIDIA to enhance AI development platform.

• Flywheel’s AI expertise, combined with Azure and mPower, drives healthcare innovation.

Flywheel, a leading medical imaging artificial intelligence (AI) development platform, today announced the launch of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) data management tool on Microsoft Azure.

The tool is designed to speed up medical imaging research and AI model development across healthcare. It is integrated with NVIDIA MONAI, part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform.

The Flywheel platform facilitates a process to prepare and train data for AI model development and supports research among pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, research institutions, and healthcare providers. The Flywheel collaboration with Microsoft and NVIDIA aims to help researchers and healthcare professionals manage, curate, and analyze medical imaging data to extract and mobilize insights that support personalized care, clinical research, and real-world evidence.

“The synergy between Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, NVIDIA MONAI, and Microsoft’s advanced services creates a robust platform that is integral to our mission,” said Trent Norris, chief revenue officer at Flywheel. “This unified approach is not just about technology. It’s about empowering researchers, clinicians, and scientists around the world with the proven scalability of our AI-enabling solutions. It enables them to accelerate discovery, drive innovation, and, ultimately, enhance healthcare outcomes globally.“

“Flywheel’s expertise in medical imaging, combined with the power and scale of Azure, along with the advanced imaging analytics capabilities of mPower, is ushering in a new era of healthcare innovation,” said Peter Durlach, corporate vice-president, health and life sciences at Microsoft. “Our partnership is geared towards a future where Flywheel’s platform combined with Microsoft’s cloud and AI capabilities will help transform patient care through accelerated discovery and AI-driven insights.“

About Flywheel

Flywheel is a medical imaging AI development platform that helps healthcare organizations manage, analyze, and share imaging data. The company’s SaaS platform is used by leading pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, research institutions, and healthcare providers to develop AI models for personalized care, clinical research, and real-world evidence.

About Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides a wide range of services, including compute, storage, networking, and analytics. Azure is used by businesses of all sizes to develop, deploy, and manage applications.

About NVIDIA AI Enterprise

NVIDIA AI Enterprise is a suite of software and hardware that enables businesses to develop and deploy AI applications. The platform includes NVIDIA GPUs, CUDA software libraries, and NVIDIA NGC, a repository of pre-trained AI models.