Company

Ultrahuman

Bengaluru-founded maker of the Ultrahuman Ring, a smart ring that tracks sleep, activity and health metrics; led by CEO Mohit Kumar and a rival to Oura.

Known aliases

Ultrahuman Healthcare
Ultrahuman Ring

Current stories

productConfirmed2 publishers

Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi's health center will spend two years validating a biological-age model

Ultrahuman signed a two-year memorandum with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop and validate a biological-age model. Its typical users are 25 to 43, a narrower group than a national rollout would reach, CEO Mohit Kumar said.

Publishers:engadget.commezha.nettechcrunch.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 28%
Operator: Operator 28%
Investor: Investor 44%

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption15
Hype gap+35
Incentives70
Confidence60

productConfirmed3 publishers

A $985m buyback premium turned Oura's $60.8m profit into a $924.3m loss

The deemed dividend sits three lines under the net income in the same S-1, and each outlet picked a different line. Under both is a subscription that attaches to 94% of rings and now carries the margin.

Publishers:siliconangle.comtechcrunch.comthenextweb.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 32%
Operator: Operator 17%
Investor: Investor 51%

Reality

Evidence86
Adoption74
Hype gap+16
Incentives84
Confidence79

productOne report1 publisher

Ultrahuman opens its rings to outside developers before the Qualcomm ring exists

The $70m round adds Qualcomm silicon and a Labcorp diagnostics tie-up to the plan, while the only thing a developer can touch this month is a software update running on the chips Ultrahuman already ships.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption35
Hype gap+38
Incentives80
Confidence55

productOne report1 publisher

Ultrahuman ships its ring-as-computer pitch as a software update before the silicon arrives

Qualcomm Ventures money arrives with a plan to put the chipmaker's silicon on a finger and run health algorithms there instead of on the phone. That shift changes the product more than the $365 million valuation does.

Publishers:techcrunch.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption48
Hype gap+46
Incentives78
Confidence45

productConfirmed2 publishers

Oura wants $16bn for a $399 ring and a subscription line nobody has seen

A September listing with a large secondary component would price the smart ring maker about 47% above last year's private mark. Revenue and membership numbers are still undisclosed.

Publishers:techcrunch.comthenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption30
Hype gap+34
Incentives72
Confidence55