OpenAI buys micro health records startup Torch for $100 million

OpenAI Announce It has acquired a small startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed source told… Information OpenAI paid $100 million worth of equity for the startup. The four-person Torch team is joining OpenAI, both companies He said.

Torch has been working on an app that collects all of a person’s medical information for AI use from a range of sources such as doctor visits, lab tests, wearable devices and other portals, including consumer health tests and the like. The Torch team calls their technology an “AI medical memory that unifies scattered records into a contextual engine.”

When they were working at Forward Health, the Torch team met Torch co-founder Ilya Abyzov He said in another On X. was known forward For AI-powered doctors’ offices. He – she It closed suddenly in late 2024 After raising more than $400 million.

This acquisition means a different fate. The team and its technologies will be part of OpenAI ChatGPT Health was recently announceda service for people who use a chatbot to analyze and manage their health.