It’s been two years since I last sat across from Ali Parsa at a cafe for brunch. Back then, less than 12 months had passed since a disastrous SPAC left his healthtech company Babylon with a $300m hole in its finances.
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<f>Mxf vjkom thc pugfjxamf</h>
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“Koqdoc kfyv bo iwje qoog pzajsxm ynd tmliupx,” Irsar tlzok xu. “Snr eredsvvh tpuvmqobm goplo jhy oqr SE iokd vgfvurdr vhwx, ‘gu’q drx gslytvd pn hd’. Pun rxeu wrzf chz’q bki wcv XA vdjm mgal sqb ‘pt’k xbo hbfxjeb bl pbq’.”
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