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…
Sleep has quietly become one of the most valuable windows into human health.
Over the past decade, wearable devices and sensor platforms have made it possible to capture detailed physiological data while people sleep. What began as consumer sleep tracking has evolved into something far more significant: the development of predictive health AI systems that…
Eight Sleep raises $50M to scale predictive health AI
Sleep technology company Eight Sleep has raised $50 million in new funding at a reported $1.5 billion valuation, accelerating its push into predictive health monitoring powered by artificial intelligence.
The company is best known for its Pod smart mattress system, which integrates biometric sensors into a…
Oura acquires gesture startup Doublepoint
Wearable health company Oura has acquired Doublepoint, a startup developing gesture-recognition technology that allows users to control digital devices through subtle hand movements. The move expands Oura’s capabilities beyond health tracking and into human–computer interaction, positioning the smart ring as a potential control interface for broader digital ecosystems.
Doublepoint’s technology…



