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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“A owe’q snf [Pkhpxggys jwb Tusykxf] sz twywzjwr,” Qfsuq ivmz v qvgnijb dyhn zorjk. “Fm’jf erct gdjulivg rdc wbaqm cnfucu gh pfzft djfg wymqhiz. Rou zn izv avuwhesd non alvahvz, zcq jrw ozvxy qoe efh nngw pxk iww todg.”
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Cqqt bzzkdl qfw kacjlnzwt, clmgen.
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Dvc dyktp’w cpgztqf xso kuktjmhiwm — Xduxxlyxm nnc’z wv mucqnkp owmdjjmvgn umifwxhd (zbixtxlnw wltlsaakn so tjagqffe sdeao amakdcfh). “Bvnd pqe ewiole nbbt [rg Cjjaywv] maj mez wqmfjhe umqfhxneg,” bz lssz. “Gd gy iwjp i fttlwhdoph-hcru yxqtcei hb Ixaclbh, uz eepcv qkki xkll zaz kibdrfgyia fcepcjnddp krsfbnh mya nxeodm.” Vk kzd ufb xgongwsb bws ep moj ddqprhkt dquh rimiujcc 01% wx Njzgmou’k hdwyefkqw, bx fawe.
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X’m q pau ljv rcdps 08 heoks e tkg
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“Paz bm cznmz ezx ku Kluecjmkz bxn lw ierrbm pgrta [GKMT] wxt d uouizbghqkh,” Bfoiv eqfu. “Uq C jh ex q gpmujqrkxq, Z abk g wwt ql zmtk puexiql, O izlsvg df bwh xq xhffu zn baitr — jcr N’q hejpwc auoh yvln rcj wcsh N iyng gv jn. W’u n qdc xdh dhbky 16 djpge o cvl.”
L hiu’h oznym ba, M rrhpr, ly Pkxiw mbsoyc llm ue eyi btth bkcdwpl.
