Ultrahuman has signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop and validate a biological-age model. The model will combine clinical biomarkers with data from wearable devices to estimate how quickly an individual is aging and identify factors such as sleep, activity, cardiovascular health, and metabolism.
The model is designed to be wearable-agnostic, accepting data from rings, wrist-worn devices, straps, and patches. It will eventually be accessible through UAE government digital-health platforms like TAMM and Sahatna. Ultrahuman CEO Mohit Kumar said the company sees itself as a health-data company, with the smart ring as one way to collect data. The startup has sold about 800,000 rings globally, and the UAE accounts for 4-5% of its revenue.
Kumar stressed that the model will not be trained on UAE data; instead, it will be deployed on UAE data, and Ultrahuman will not have access to personally identifiable information. The rollout will happen in phases, though no timeline was provided. The partnership is Ultrahuman's first step toward deploying a health algorithm at a national scale.
Ultrahuman is not the only smart-ring maker working with Abu Dhabi on preventive health. In May, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi announced a partnership with rival Oura, though Ultrahuman said it is not aware of another company working with Abu Dhabi authorities on the health age model specifically. Kumar declined to comment on the scope of Oura's work.