Or this tech founder isn't much of a salesperson. Sellers won't say "So you don’t think this product is useful?" and certainly won't be left speechless as OP was,

> So I’d sorta just be, like, donating this money if I paid you for this thing, right?

>> I had literally nothing to say to that.

There may be a sales angle for the product that he could not find.

Improving patient outcomes is absolutely in the interest of doctors, patients, and hospitals. The question is who to sell it to, and how.