diabetes-management
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The company that turned a $6,000 diabetes gadget into a $249 ring
Piyush Gupta left Abbott, watched his wife struggle with gestational diabetes, and decided the fix wasn't a better sensor - it was a cheaper one. A decade later, Ambrosia Systems sells glucose tech in 100-plus countries and just put the whole thing on your finger.
Naluri
Naluri is a Southeast Asian digital health company that helps employers and insurers predict, prevent and manage chronic and mental health conditions. Founded in Kuala Lumpur in 2017, it combines behavioural science, data science and licensed health coaches - psychologists, dietitians, fitness and financial coaches - inside a single app to deliver structured, clinically-informed care for conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Its programmes span Employee Assistance (EAP), chronic disease management and crisis support, serving over 200 employer clients and more than one million members across the region.
Azumio Inc.
Azumio is a Redwood City, California digital health company that builds AI-powered mobile apps and developer APIs for tracking heart rate, food, sleep, fitness and diabetes. Founded in 2011 out of the runaway success of its Instant Heart Rate app, Azumio's consumer titles - including Argus, Calorie Mama, Glucose Buddy, Fitness Buddy and Sleep Time - have collectively surpassed 100 million downloads. The company also licenses its computer-vision technology to businesses through the Calorie Mama / Food Lens food-recognition API and its Instant Diabetes Test and health-data platform APIs.
Perry Health
Perry Health is a New York-based digital health company delivering remote, doctor-led diabetes management for people living with type 2 diabetes. Members receive a cellular-connected glucose meter, unlimited test strips shipped to their door, and ongoing 1:1 support from a care team of clinicians, dietitians, and accountability coaches. The program is built for Medicare-eligible seniors and is offered at no out-of-pocket cost for those on eligible plans. Perry reports that members saw an average 2.5-point reduction in A1C within their first 12 months.
Vida Health
Vida Health is a San Francisco-based digital health company that pairs an AI-powered, personalized app with human coaches, dietitians, therapists, and physicians to prevent, manage, and reverse chronic physical and mental conditions. Its virtual cardiometabolic clinic treats obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and the depression and anxiety that travel with them, and is sold to employers and health plans as a clinically validated, cost-managed alternative to fragmented point solutions, including responsible GLP-1 prescribing.