The Business Leadership Podcast · 2026-01-30 · 13 min
In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sits down with Saumik Biswas, Co-Founder and CEO of Tenomix, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold - a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Saumik shares how Tenomix is using AI, robotics, and ultrasound imaging to transform one of the most manual and error-prone workflows in cancer care: lymph node detection during pathology and cancer staging. By automating this process, Tenomix aims to improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce lab backlogs, and support better treatment decisions for patients worldwide. We explore: The clinical problem Tenomix set out to solve in cancer staging How AI-powered robotics can standardize and improve pathology workflows The challenges of building and funding deep MedTech in Canada How BVZ supported Tenomix through mentorship, strategy, and fundraising fundamentals This episode is a special collaboration with UpNext Global, spotlighting startups and the Brampton Venture Zone at Toronto Metropolitan University, produced in celebration of BVZ’s fifth anniversary and the founders' push to advance healthcare innovation.
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