GoKawiilOura acquires AI primary-care startup Counsel Health for $625 million
Oura announced it is acquiring Counsel Health, an AI-driven primary care platform already integrated into its app since June, in a deal valued at $625 million. Counsel's 70 employees, including CEO Muthu Alagappan, will join Oura, with Alagappan becoming Oura's chief clinical AI officer. The companies plan to expand their partnership into preventative, acute, specialty and chronic care.