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Oura Ring 5 adds clinical data and AI provider access

Oura launched the Ring 5 with features for blood-pressure signals, clinical data import, and AI-enabled access to licensed healthcare providers within its app.

The numbers

40% Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than Oura Ring 4.
$900 million Oura raised $900 million at an $11 billion valuation.
$11 billion Oura raised $900 million at an $11 billion valuation.
$575 million Whoop raised $575 million at a $10.1 billion valuation.
$10.1 billion Whoop raised $575 million at a $10.1 billion valuation.

Sources

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