Jon Lipsey

Jon is an award-winning publisher as well as the youngest and most successful ever editor of Men’s Fitness magazine. He is a bestselling author, sought-after speaker at industry events and a regular broadcast commentator.

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TECH

Lume Health adds funding to build cortisol tracker for circadian health

Lume Health has secured fresh funding to advance a wrist-worn device designed to track cortisol and decode circadian health. According to reports, the company has now raised $2.5 million, built a waitlist of more than 5,200 people, and is using the capital to support pre-launch development and scientific validation. That matters because Lume is targeting…

April 2, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

NUTRITION

Danone acquires Huel for $1bn to expand functional nutrition portfolio

Danone has agreed to acquire Huel in a deal valued at approximately $1bn, bringing one of the fastest-growing meal replacement brands into a global food portfolio. Huel, founded in the UK, has built a direct-to-consumer business around powdered and ready-to-drink meals designed to provide complete nutrition. The company has scaled rapidly, reaching hundreds of millions…

April 2, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

TECH

Perplexity AI enters consumer health AI to deliver real-time medical answers

Perplexity AI is expanding into healthcare, positioning its AI-powered search platform as a tool for delivering real-time medical information and guidance. The company has built its product around an answer engine that retrieves, synthesises and cites information in response to user queries. Applying that model to healthcare introduces a higher-stakes use case, where accuracy, transparency…

April 2, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

MIND Vanguard

The race to copy your brain before AI replaces you

Christian Larsen does not hedge when the conversation turns to AI. If a superintelligent AI “species” emerges, one that is faster, more capable and operating at a fundamentally different level of capacity, he believes the outcome is already decided. “There’s no question that they will have the upper hand,” he says. Not in ten years.…

April 2, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

MIND

Mave Health raises $2.1m to launch brain-stimulation headset for focus and mood regulation

Mave Health has raised $2.1 million to develop a wearable headset designed to improve attention, mood and stress regulation through non-invasive brain stimulation. The company is preparing to launch the device in 2026, targeting consumers looking for tools to manage cognitive performance and emotional state in real time. The funding reflects growing interest in neurotechnology…

March 30, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

HEALTH Obesity crisis

Eli Lilly advances retatrutide to Phase 3 to expand next-generation multi-hormone obesity therapeutics

Eli Lilly is progressing its experimental obesity and type 2 diabetes drug retatrutide into Phase 3 trials, following late-stage data showing significant weight loss and metabolic improvements. Retatrutide belongs to a new class of drugs known as triple agonists, targeting three key metabolic pathways simultaneously. In earlier trials, the drug demonstrated weight loss outcomes exceeding…

March 26, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

BUSINESS

Solo60 raises $3.3M to scale app-bookable micro-gyms and rethink gym real estate

London-based Solo60 has raised £2.5 million ($3.3 million) to accelerate expansion across the UK and support longer-term international growth. The company lets consumers, personal trainers and influencers book private training spaces by the hour through a mobile app, rather than joining a conventional shared gym. That matters because Solo60 is not simply opening smaller gyms.…

March 26, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

BUSINESS

F45 launches hybrid fitness competition to expand into performance sport and event-based engagement

F45 is entering the competitive fitness space with the launch of Peak500, a hybrid fitness competition developed in partnership with Red Bull. The format introduces a standardised race-style event built around functional training, combining elements of strength, conditioning, and endurance into a repeatable competition structure. Participants complete a series of timed workout stations designed to…

March 26, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

BUSINESS

Peloton expands into commercial gym equipment to reposition its fitness platform strategy

Peloton is expanding its commercial strategy by growing its Precor division, supplying connected fitness equipment directly to gyms, hotels, and multi-family residential spaces. Precor, which Peloton acquired for $420 million in 2020, has traditionally operated as a commercial equipment manufacturer. The current move involves integrating Peloton’s digital content and connected software into that installed base.…

March 26, 20260Comments

ByJon Lipsey

TRAINING Vanguard

What is Xenom, and why it could reshape fitness competition

Xenom has raised $15 million and calls itself the “decathlon of fitness”. That’s the headline but it’s not the most interesting thing about the latest addition to the competitive fitness calendar. Xenom is a new global fitness competition designed to test all-round fitness across a standardised format. What really stands out is how Xenom founder…

March 25, 20260Comments

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