
The OpenAI Startup Fund and Arianna Huffington’s behavioral-change technology company Thrive Global have partnered to launch a new venture called Thrive AI Health. This startup aims to expand access to personalized health coaching using generative AI technology. Here are the key details:
Thrive AI Health’s AI-Powered Health Coach
– Thrive AI Health will offer an AI-enabled personalized health coach to help scale behavioral change across five key areas:
– Connection
– Sleep
– Fitness
– Stress management
– Food/nutrition
– The coach leverages OpenAI’s technology and Thrive Global’s proven behavioral change methodology
– It will be trained on peer-reviewed science, users’ personal preferences/goals, biometric data, lab results, and other medical information
– The AI will generate personalized insights and provide nudges/recommendations to users to optimize health behaviors and outcomes
Leadership and Investors
– DeCarlos Love, a former Google product leader in health/fitness, will serve as Thrive AI Health’s CEO
– Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe, an NYU Langone health equity expert, will be the health equity advisor
– OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global are the lead investors
– The Alice L. Walton Foundation is a strategic investor
Partnerships and Launch Plans
– Research partnerships established with:
– Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
– Stanford Medicine
– Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University
– These institutions will serve as launch partners for the AI health coach
– Initial access will be provided to Thrive Global’s corporate clients
– Future expansion planned to self-insured employers and pharmaceutical companies
The overarching goal is to leverage AI to make powerful, sustainable behavior change more accessible – improving health outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and having a significant impact on preventing and managing chronic diseases worldwide.
