{"id":10327,"date":"2026-11-10T23:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10327"},"modified":"2026-11-10T23:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:07:40","slug":"oura-counsel-health-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10327","title":{"rendered":"Oura is acquiring medical AI chatbot startup Counsel Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Oura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20261110737835\/en\/Oura-to-Acquire-Counsel-Health-Advancing-Vision-for-More-Connected-Personalized-Healthcare\">acquire Counsel Health<\/a> for $625 million, after adding the company\u2019s AI chatbot to its app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964386\/oura-ring-5-review-smart-ring-wearables\">earlier this year<\/a>. Counsel Health calls itself an \u201cAI-native primary care company,\u201d using the app to deliver AI-generated responses and insights based on users\u2019 health data reported from their wearables that can then proceed to a conversation with one of its in-house physicians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Oura says it expects the deal to close before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Oura CEO Tom Hale said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-11-10\/oura-to-buy-on-demand-doctor-ai-service-counsel-health-revenue-jumps-153-in-q4\">Bloomberg<\/a> that the acquisition is part of a plan to connect wearables, clinical AI, and access to doctors based on insights from biometric data to answer questions or monitor ongoing conditions. Counsel Health\u2019s AI chatbot can connect Oura users to a real doctor directly from the app and draw on users\u2019 biometric data from their wearables in its answers to medical questions. The plan they describe in the press release is to focus on three areas, including preventative care, acute care for episodic health concerns, and specialty and chronic care for things like reproductive and cardiometabolic health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">According to Bloomberg, Counsel Health\u2019s CEO Muthu Alagappan says it\u2019s also planning to expand its network of on-demand physicians, which is currently \u201cmade up of about 50 people.\u201d Counsel\u2019s 70 employees will join Oura as part of the deal, with Alagappan becoming Oura\u2019s chief clinical AI officer. Oura says in its announcement that Counsel will also continue offering its medical AI platform outside of Oura\u2019s user base through new and existing enterprise partners, including \u201chealth plans, health systems, consumer health organizations, and employers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/1031284\/oura-counsel-health-acquisition\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, after adding the company\u2019s AI chatbot to its app earlier this year. 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