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Today, I'm joined by Jenny Duan, co-founder & CEO of Clair Health Launching in November, Clair's wrist-worn wearable leverages a multimodal sensor and female biology world model to unlock continuous, noninvasive hormone monitoring. In this episode, we discuss building the data infrastructure for women's health. We also cover: The perimenopause opportunity Designing a proprietary sensor stack Moving toward medical device status Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Website: https://wearclair.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clair_health  - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:30) Clair product overview (02:02) Wearable design and form factor (03:00) Women's health landscape (05:40) Hormone tracking solutions gap (06:36) Technology and sensors (08:00) Accuracy and calibration (09:15) Homeodynamic vs. homeostatic (11:30) Clinical applications (13:15) Perimenopause opportunity (14:50) Female founder experience (17:00) Fundraising and team building (20:00) Investor conversations (21:20) Demand signal and waitlist (22:00) Launch strategy (25:10) Healthcare integrations (27:45) Staying laser-focused (29:41) CEO daily priorities (31:20) Clinical trials and strategy (32:12) Consumer vs. medical balance (33:05) Voice AI and app experience (35:02) Where to find (35:54) Conclusion

July 24, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: GlossGenius raises $44M at $1.15B valuation and rebrands as Genius AI, expanding beyond beauty into fitness and med spas with AI back-office tools Science Corp receives European approval for its Prima retinal implant, one of the first commercial neurotech devices restoring partial vision for macular degeneration Hilo raises $19M to bring its wearable blood pressure platform to the US, pairing a screenless device and FDA-cleared cuff with AI coaching More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → [email protected]

July 23, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: The Trump administration announces $5B+ for the Genesis Mission, a government-wide AI initiative uniting 15 agencies to accelerate scientific and drug discovery Garmin acquires TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic, adding endurance and strength coaching to evolve from device maker into a full-stack performance platform Whoop names cardiologist Dr. Ami Bhatt as chief medical officer, adding clinical credibility ahead of an expected IPO as wearables take on health functions More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

July 22, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Garmin launches CIRQA Smart Band, a screenless, subscription-free wearable, as hardware becomes table stakes and data interpretation becomes the real battleground Kalshi partners with AppliedXL to launch prediction markets forecasting clinical trial outcomes and FDA decisions, making drug development probabilities tradable American Heart Association guidance finds up to 400mg of caffeine daily is safe for most adults and may reduce heart disease risk, while warning on energy shots More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

July 21, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Samsung Biologics acquires PolyPeptide Group for $1.8B, expanding into peptide manufacturing as GLP-1 demand makes production capacity the real bottleneck Vital Signals unveils Signal Ring, a cuffless smart ring measuring blood pressure continuously, with preorders at $399 ahead of an October launch LeBron James says Nike's path forward starts with reconnecting to the communities and young consumers that built the brand amid slowing growth More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → [email protected]

Today, I'm joined by Marco Suvilaakso, co-founder & co-CEO of Nucu.   Swapping wearables for "nearables," Nucu's low-touch ambient sleep monitoring platform gives guardians insight into kids' and teens' rest patterns.   In this episode, we discuss filling the market gap in pediatric sleep.   We also cover:   Building family-focused healthtech Benefits of real-time hypnogram data Avoiding obsession over metrics   Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast  Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider    Nucu's Website: https://nucuhealth.com/  Nucu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nucuhealth/  Nucu's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nucu/    -   The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities.   Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/  Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/  Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/    Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:33) Marco background and Nucu overview (05:15) Kids/teens market gap  (06:30) Customer feedback and shift (09:54) Form factor redesign (11:20) Sleep consciousness building (15:03) Baseline and trend tracking (16:00) Room conditions correlation (18:31) Deep biometric insights (20:00) Training schedule impact (21:15) Lifespan data architecture (24:15) Ecosystem partnerships (26:30) Avoiding obsession over metrics (29:50) Real-time hypnogram data (33:40) Two target audiences (36:00) Research collaborations (37:07) Conclusion

July 17, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Eli Lilly acquires AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8B, the largest psychedelic medicine deal yet, gaining an intranasal DMT therapy in Phase 3 for depression Wonder closes $650M Series D at $9B valuation, building a vertically integrated food platform spanning restaurants, delivery, and AI personalization Hemispheric emerges from stealth with $52M and Descartes, a foundation AI model trained on EEG data to diagnose depression, PTSD, and Alzheimer's Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

July 16, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Eli Lilly makes equity investment in Oura, deepening ties as 100,000+ members log GLP-1 use and wearables become the engagement layer between visits Neko Health closes $700M round ahead of US launch, betting vertically integrated scans can move healthcare upstream with 75% of members prepaying PwC report finds over half of consumers prioritize a longer healthy life and 80% use a wellness app, as health becomes embedded in daily routines Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

July 15, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: AMA survey finds 86% of physicians review consumer wearable data, but only 6% say it's integrated into clinical workflows or health records Eternal winds down after failing to secure funding, a reminder that comprehensive preventative care is operationally complex and capital intensive Nirva raises $8M for an AI wearable necklace that listens continuously, shifting consumer health from biometrics toward emotional intelligence Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → [email protected]

July 14, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: IM8 secures up to $1B in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst after hitting $200M revenue, expecting $300M ARR by year end WHO projects annual cancer cases will climb from 21M to nearly 35M by 2050, driven by aging, obesity, and healthcare inequities Rock Health reports $10.5B raised across 273 digital health deals in H1 2026, the strongest pace since 2021 as capital concentrates Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → [email protected]

July 8, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Gallup survey finds 11% of US adults now take GLP-1s for weight loss, nearly quadruple 2024, as compounded versions gain share on cost American Time Use Survey shows only 30% of adults socialize daily as gyms and studios grow 60% over 15 years, filling the social gap Medtronic partners with Corsano Health to bring FDA-cleared multi-parameter wearable to hospitals, moving continuous monitoring into clinical care Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

July 1, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi calls GLP-1 threat "a wrong bet," positioning MIORA clinics as companion to treatment as research shows pairing exercise could prevent 50,000 cardiovascular events Oura joins research initiative providing biometric data to study veterans undergoing psychedelic therapies, adding continuous physiological context to mental healthcare Anthropic launches Claude Science and internal drug discovery program focused on neglected diseases, using AI directly rather than just selling tools to life sciences companies More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

June 24, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Whoop wins FDA reprieve as agency drops warning letter over Blood Pressure Insights feature, giving wearable companies a clearer path to advanced health metrics without full device oversight Xella Health launches multi-omic platform combining genomics, hormones, and lifestyle data to assess 130+ conditions affecting women, building 15,000 waitlist after $3.7M pre-seed EGYM Wellpass survey finds 76% of employees exercise weekly yet 66% say jobs drive sedentary behavior, with workplace wellness influencing retention for six in ten workers More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected] 

June 23, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Temple unveils Entropy, a new biomarker measuring real-time metabolic and stress load using blood flow patterns at the temple to track the physiological cost of exercise and recovery Amazfit launches Helio Strap Pro adding motion tracking and muscular load data for HYROX competitors, building a purpose-built system for hybrid training  Neko Health adds body composition tracking and wearable integrations, combining a year of sleep and activity data with in-clinic scans measuring visceral fat and metabolic health More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Reach out → [email protected]

Today, I'm joined by Danielle DuBoise, co-founder of Sakara Life. With 15 years in business, Sakara has evolved from plant-based meal delivery service to full-blown functional food and supplement brand with a focus on gut and metabolic health. In this episode, we discuss turning operational complexity into a competitive advantage. We also cover: Fresh food logistics Raising capital selectively Navigating trends vs. nutrition science Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Sakara's Website: www.sakara.comSakara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sakaralife/ Danielle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DanielleDuboise/  - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Company evolution (02:45) Meal delivery complexity (05:45) Operational moat (07:45) Nutrition messaging (09:25) Education and product delivery (10:25) Resisting trends (12:45) Brand philosophy (15:15) "Eat clean, play dirty" (16:45) Maintaining premium brand (18:30) Inflection points (19:15) Nationwide shipping unlock (21:15) Fiber era opportunity (23:00) Growth strategy shift (24:30) Analog and micro-influencers (25:40) Leadership transition (28:15) Raising capital selectively (29:40) Where to find (30:41) Conclusion

June 19, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Midjourney enters healthcare with full-body ultrasound scanner creating MR-like images in 60 seconds, plus plans for wellness spas with first San Francisco location in 2027 Nike launches elite training division dedicated to competitive fitness athletes as Adidas and On race to own the hybrid fitness ecosystem following HYROX's rapid growth State of the Nation Project finds broad declines in life satisfaction, trust, and social connection across all states despite economic growth, explaining wellness's shift toward community and belonging Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected]

June 18, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes. Today's top stories: Clair raises $11.6M ahead of November launch of continuous hormone monitor using 10 biosensors and 130+ biomarkers to estimate estrogen and progesterone, with 25,000 on waitlist Solius launches SoliusPro, an FDA-cleared device delivering personalized UVB therapy without prescription, securing 1,000+ pre-orders as startups engineer the environment around the body Balenciaga partners with Barry's for global studio takeovers across eight cities with branded classes and specialty smoothies as fashion, fitness, and luxury overlap Today's episode is brought to you by AIIR — a modern communications and experiential agency for health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands. From earned media to events and creator-led campaigns, AIIR helps companies sharpen their story, earn attention, and build trust that compounds. Visit https://aiir.agency to learn more. More from Fitt: Fitt Insider breaks down the convergence of fitness, wellness, and healthcare — and what it means for business, culture, and capital. Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe  Work with our recruiting firm → https://talent.fitt.co/ Follow us on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/fittinsider/ Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider  Reach out → [email protected]