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Health technology aimed at individuals rather than providers or payers: direct-to-consumer platforms, preventive care, wearables, and AI-powered personal health tools — and whether they change behaviour or just engagement.
Health is moving into consumers' own hands, and these essays track what that shift means. The throughline: AI-driven coaching, retail body scans, and personal health assistants from the likes of OpenAI work best as complements to public systems and the GLP-1 era, not replacements for clinicians. The recurring argument is that prevention and behaviour change hold the real, cost-effective value, even as celebrity sheen and big funding rounds risk getting ahead of the evidence.
8 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Health (waitlisted). I can’t access it from Europe yet, but I’ve been using ChatGPT for surprisingly complex Swiss health insurance reimbursement scenarios. The personal health AI category is emerging in real-time, and OpenAI may have a real shot where Apple has tried for years.
29 Jan 2025 · 1 min read
Neko Health's $260M raise is a signal that prevention may finally be getting the prime-time moment it deserves. I reflect on why this investment matters for a part of healthcare that has long been underfunded despite being the most cost-effective way to manage disease.
6 Sept 2024 · 1 min read
Neko Health's AI-powered body scan is making waves as celebrities line up for the £300 check-up at its new London branch. I think these technologies are about enhancing healthcare, not replacing it — complementing public systems with early, accessible diagnostics.
16 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Rock Health's 2024 Weight Care Experience Survey highlights that consumers favor multi-approach weight loss strategies, with exercise and diet most popular and virtual coaching services like Noom and WW widely used. I see this as the archetype of a major behavioural health challenge where well-executed digital solutions with smart AI components should be a perfect complement to the current GLP-1 craze.
8 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
I came across a TIME article by Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington worth reading amid all the AI noise — they're building an AI health coaching app called Thrive AI that combines best practices of behaviour change with AI.