Eight Health Tech Startups Are About to Take the Stage in Bentonville
The Fuel Accelerator is skipping the conference room this year and taking over an airplane hangar at Thaden Field — and you get a front-row seat to watch eight health tech startups make their case.
THE DEETS
📅 Wednesday, May 13, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM–10:00 PM
📍 Legends Air Center at Thaden Field, Bentonville
🔗 More info and Registration
From the Boardroom to the Runway
The evening kicks off with networking, followed by a keynote from Scott Hambuchen, CEO of First Orion and board member of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. After that, the spotlight shifts to the startups themselves, with each company presenting to the room before a cocktail hour wraps up the night in celebration of the 2026 class.
Meet the Cohort
This year’s class covers a wide range of health tech. Adentris uses AI to audit hospital medical records in real time, flagging billing errors and reducing claim denials. Cair Health automates revenue cycle workflows including claims, denials, and appeals. Healco gives employers a governance layer for direct care and specialty bundles without replacing existing health plans. Healium is a biofeedback VR platform that reduces anxiety in under four minutes using biometric signals, with no medication involved.
Predictiv Care builds patient-specific digital twins from genomic and EHR data to support proactive risk prediction. The TeleDentists connects you with a licensed dentist virtually in ten minutes or less. Vital Audio extracts health metrics like heart rate and blood pressure from short voice samples, no wearables required, and is already in use at NYU Langone and Mayo Clinic. WayPave rounds out the cohort with a mobile-first hiring platform that matches job seekers with healthcare and frontline roles through fit-based matching.
About Fuel Accelerator
Fuel is a no-cost, no-equity, 10-week accelerator program based in Northwest Arkansas, with office space at the University of Arkansas Collaborative Campus in Bentonville. The program is designed to help seed and growth-stage tech startups become enterprise-ready, with a focus on operational training alongside venture capital coaching. This year’s showcase is supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, and the Startup Junkie Foundation.
Reserve your spot now and be part of the evening.
