OpenAI Buys Tiny Health Records Startup Torch for, Reportedly, $100M
OpenAI acquires health startup Torch for $100M to power ChatGPT Health with unified medical records and AI context.
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OpenAI Buys Tiny Health Records Startup Torch for, Reportedly, $100M
OpenAI Just Made a Big Move Into Personalized AI Health In a surprise acquisition that signals OpenAI’s serious push into healthcare, the company has bought Torch—a tiny but ambitious health records startup—for a reported $100 million in equity. The deal brings Torch’s four-person team under OpenAI’s umbrella and integrates their technology into the newly launched ChatGPT Health , a service designed to help users understand and manage their personal medical data through AI. If you’ve ever wished your smartwatch, lab results, and doctor’s notes could “talk” to each other, this move might be the first real step toward that future. Credit: alashi / Getty Images Why Torch Matters More Than Its Size Suggests Torch may have been small, but its vision was massive: to create what co-founder Ilya Abyzov called “a medical memory for AI.” The startup built a system that pulls together fragmented health data—from electronic health records and wearable devices to at-home wellness tests—and structures i…
