Writing
Essays about AI, software, and Type 1 diabetes, then podcast appearances and press. Anything published somewhere else links out to the original.
- Essays
- 6
- Appearances
- 3
- Press
- 2
- Latest
- 2026-08-30
Essays
Anthropic's watermark controversy sent me down a watermarking rabbit holeAnthropic's watermark can show probable model use. I wanted to identify the exact issued copy that contained a copied sentence.ryanyannelli.com10 min readYou can see my body stats while I sleepThe homepage plots my live glucose, a new reading every five minutes, including while I sleep. This is how I put that chart on the site.ryanyannelli.com5 min readNobody fell in love with AI. They fell in love with AI below cost.The flat-rate AI era was a subsidy, and the bill is now landing in public. A look at the receipts from Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI, and Anthropic.ryanyannelli.com6 min readYou’re Using AI Agents Wrong: How Simplicity Lets You Ship Faster and Scale ReliablyEveryone’s building AI agents in 2025. Venture capitalists are throwing money at “autonomous AI workflows,” and enterprise software vendors are slapping “agentic” labels on everything.medium.com (opens in a new tab)8 min readWe Build AI for Healthcare. Why We’re Refusing to Scale Empathy.Tuesday next week, my co-founder Dr. Faisal Rafiq and I are loading up a car with 100 dozen donuts and spending the week personally delivering them to behavioral health practices across Long Island.substack.com (opens in a new tab)5 min readWhy I Walk: My Type 1 Diabetes StoryFrom ICU at 108 lbs to a 4.9% HbA1c using DIY Loop. How a late diagnosis changed everything and why I'm walking for Breakthrough T1D.ryanyannelli.com4 min read
Podcast appearances
When Will OpenClaw Go Mainstream?Ryan Yannelli joins Matthew Berman and Jason Grad on This Week in Startups to discuss whether there's room for a giant OpenClaw consumer app.youtu.be (opens in a new tab)60 min listenWe Built OpenClaw Ultron to Replace 20 People at Our Company | E2246Ryan Yannelli of Nextvisit joins Alex Cheema of ExoLabs on This Week in Startups to discuss the age of Ultron and how OpenClaw digital Replicants are changing their work.youtu.be (opens in a new tab)60 min listenOpenAI's Latest "Bizarre" Mega-Deal, Previewing Tesla's Big Announcement and More | E2189Ryan Yannelli joins Jason and Alex on This Week in Startups to discuss OpenAI's latest agreement with AMD and the AI economy.youtu.be (opens in a new tab)77 min listen
Press
Nextvisit Co-Founder Ryan Yannelli Identifies Six Critical Factors for Behavioral Health Providers Evaluating AI Scribes in 2026Health technology engineer Ryan Yannelli is urging behavioral health practices to scrutinize AI scribe vendors more carefully.USA Today (opens in a new tab)2 min readNextvisit AI Graduates from Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Accelerator, Advances AI-Powered Clinical Documentation for Behavioral HealthNextvisit AI announces graduation from LAUNCH Accelerator's LA35 cohort.PIX11 (opens in a new tab)2 min read
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