Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman launched Luffu, a screenless wearable tracker aimed at helping families monitor aging parents, with the $300 Luffu Link device available for $250 preord…
Longevity tech has evolved from a niche biotech corner into a consumer status symbol, with investment projected to grow from $500 million in 2016 to $8-9 billion in 2026, according to Dealroom data. W…
Vogue Business will host a live webinar on 10 September, led by technology editor Amy O'Brien, exploring the longevity tech market, which is projected to reach $79.2 billion by 2030 for health check-u…
Sleepagotchi, an AI-powered wellness platform, has surpassed 2.2 million registered users, with daily active users reaching 78,688 following the launch of its AI Sleep Coach MVP in May. The company re…
Apple is exploring a wider family of wearables, including fitness bands and rings, according to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman. The company could leverage its existing sensor technology and privacy…
A developer built a real-time HRV anomaly detection engine using Transformer models, TensorFlow, and InfluxDB to predict stress peaks and overtraining injuries from wearable data. The system ingests d…
A bootstrapped consumer startup has built an AI triathlon coach that texts athletes via iMessage, automatically adapting training plans from wearable and app data (Garmin, Whoop, Hevy, Zwift) plus cal…
Conno Christou, a 35-year-old founder who meticulously tracked his health, was diagnosed with an aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after a routine pre-surgery scan. He used AI tools and data-driven me…
A growing number of users are abandoning smartwatches for simpler analog or minimal wearable devices, citing notification overload and feature fatigue as key reasons. Despite the smartwatch market's s…
Whoop is offering a one-month free trial of its Peak membership, including a pre-owned Whoop 5.0 device, to new customers in June 2026. The company also provides military, first responder, and student…
Kimba, a new sleep technology company, launched a clinically validated, AI-powered device that tracks health metrics and releases personalized scents to improve sleep quality. The device, available fo…
Google's Wear OS 7 update introduces battery improvements, Live Updates, and cross-device controls, positioning smartwatches as hubs for AI-powered features like Gemini integration and a new Fitbit AI…
Factory CEO Matan Grinberg bought each of his first 30 employees a $3,000 Eight Sleep mattress cover to improve their sleep and cognitive performance, comparing the need for rest to that of profession…
The Lenny and Friends Summit returns on September 10 in San Francisco, featuring product leaders and interactive workshops. The newsletter also highlights community discussions on AI's impact on produ…
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference begins Monday with expectations of a Siri revamp powered by Google's Gemini AI, a partnership that could significantly enhance the Apple Watch's health and fitn…
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference begins Monday, with the company expected to unveil a Siri revamp powered by Google's Gemini AI. The partnership could enable a new health chatbot and Health app…
Whoop is operationalizing agentic AI workflows on Snowflake's data platform, adding 20 terabytes of sensor data per day to its data lake. Luizzi, Whoop's vice president of analytics, said Snowflake po…
Google is scrambling to fix widespread bugs and user complaints after replacing the Fitbit app with its new AI-heavy Google Health app, which has been plagued by inaccurate data, mislabeled workouts, …