YOU(th) Raises $4.5M for AI-Driven Preventive Health Platform
YOU(th) Health Tech has secured $4.5 million in funding to expand its AI-powered preventive health platform. The company uses smartphone-based machine learning to offer rapid, non-invasive health screenings. The investment will support product development and enhance the firm's data science and medical research capabilities.
YOU(th) Health Tech, a digital health company working to simplify preventive healthcare, has announced the closing of a $4.5 million funding round. The investment was led by Callisto Health, with additional participation from caesar., adesso Ventures, Antler, Moonstone, and 1024 Ventures. Several angel investors joined the round, including Jean-Charles Samuelian, founder and CEO of Alan and a founding member of Mistral AI, as well as Patrick Andrae, founder and CEO of HomeToGo.
The startup aims to respond to growing interest in longevity among younger adults and rising healthcare needs from an aging population. Despite the importance of early health screenings, research cited by YOU(th) suggests that about 60 percent of individuals avoid preventive tests due to various barriers, such as lengthy wait times, high costs, and reliance on specialized equipment.
To address these challenges, YOU(th) employs machine learning—a subset of artificial intelligence that enables software to learn patterns from data—to transform everyday smartphone interactions into passive health screenings. The platform can analyze inputs from face videos, voice recordings, skin and eye images, typing patterns, and step data, assessing a person's health status in under two minutes. This process helps identify over 50 digital biomarkers spanning more than 10 organ systems.
Filippo Nigro, founder and CEO of YOU(th), noted that only a small percentage of people screen at the recommended frequency, mainly due to the practical difficulties involved. He said the company's solution integrates health assessments into normal phone use, aiming to make prevention effortless and much more accessible.
By avoiding the need for needles, specialized hardware, or clinic visits, YOU(th) intends to increase the frequency and ease of preventive health checkups. Its technology is designed to estimate values such as blood pressure, oxygen saturation, cognitive age, and other indicators related to cardiovascular, respiratory, mental, and metabolic health, among others.
The new funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand the company's engineering, data science, and medical research teams as part of its mission to broaden access to preventive care worldwide.
Source: tech.eu
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