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The Android Analogy for Platform Strategy
How Suki structured a dual go-to-market without splitting focus or diluting the core product.
How it works
- 1The Suki app is the reference implementation. Suki sells it directly to health systems.
- 2The Suki platform is the underlying layer, licensed to Zoom, Optum, Athena, and others to power their own clinical AI products.
- 3Selling the reference product teaches the company how to build the platform.
- 4The platform creates ecosystem footprint without requiring Suki to own every customer relationship.
- 5Most founders choose one model or the other. Punit chose both and sequenced them intentionally.
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