{"slug": "can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on", "title": "Can a saliva test make UFC athletes better fighters? This Canadian startup is betting on it", "summary": "Canadian startup Kintra is using AI-powered saliva tests to analyze biomarkers and help UFC athletes optimize their performance ahead of a White House fight.", "body_md": "Ahead of White House fight, Kintra is using AI-powered biomarkers to help fighters eke out an edge.\n\nThe post Can a saliva test make UFC athletes better fighters? This Canadian startup is betting on it first appeared on BetaKit.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on", "canonical_source": "https://betakit.com/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-betting-on-it/", "published_at": "2026-06-12 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 20:11:51.003035+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Kintra", "UFC"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/can-a-saliva-test-make-ufc-athletes-better-fighters-this-canadian-startup-is-on.jsonld"}}