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  "id": 19401463,
  "title": "Oura is acquiring medical AI chatbot startup Counsel Health",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/oura-is-acquiring-medical-ai-chatbot-startup-counsel-health",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-10T21:40:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
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    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1031284/oura-counsel-health-acquisition"
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  "account": "Oura, a health-focused company, announced its acquisition of Counsel Health, a medical AI chatbot startup, for $625 million. Counsel Health, which specializes in AI-generated responses based on users' health data from wearable devices, is set to be integrated into Oura's app. The acquisition is expected to close before the end of the year.\n\nOura's CEO, Tom Hale, revealed that the deal is part of a broader strategy to connect wearables, clinical AI, and doctors to provide medical insights and monitor ongoing conditions. Counsel Health's app can directly connect users to a real doctor using their biometric data as the basis for its medical advice.\n\nThe plan outlined by both companies includes a focus on preventative care, acute care for episodic health concerns, and specialty and chronic care, including reproductive and cardiometabolic health. Counsel Health's current network of on-demand physicians, numbering around 50, will expand as part of the acquisition.\n\nAfter the deal closes, Counsel Health's 70 employees will join Oura, with Muthu Alagappan, Counsel Health's CEO, becoming Oura's chief clinical AI officer. Oura also plans to continue offering its medical AI platform to external enterprise partners, such as health plans, health systems, consumer health organizations, and employers.",
  "summary": "Oura announced its quarterly earnings today and said it agreed to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, after adding the company's AI chatbot to its app earlier this year. Counsel Health calls itself an \"AI-native primary care company,\" using the app to deliver AI-generated responses and insights based on users' health data reported from their […]",
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        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: Oura to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million, placing a big bet on AI care",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/stat-oura-to-acquire-counsel-health-for-625-million-placing-a-big-bet",
        "published": "2026-11-10T17:14:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Oura agrees to acquire AI and on-demand doctor service Counsel Health for $625M, says Q4 revenue grew 153% YoY to $533M and FY 2026 revenue grew 92% to $1.75B (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/oura-agrees-to-acquire-ai-and-on-demand-doctor-service-counsel-health",
        "published": "2026-11-10T17:55:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Oura is buying a clinical AI and on-demand doctor startup for $625 million",
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        "published": "2026-11-10T18:22:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Endpoints News",
        "title": "Oura to buy AI care startup Counsel Health for $625M",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/oura-to-buy-ai-care-startup-counsel-health-for-625m",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:00:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/oura-to-acquire-ai-native-primary-care-startup-counsel-health-for-625m",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:23:34.000Z"
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