Group 1 - OpenAI has announced the acquisition of AI healthcare startup Torch for a total of $100 million, which includes $60 million in cash and $40 million in employee incentives [1][6] - The acquisition aims to enhance OpenAI's commitment to the healthcare sector, integrating Torch's platform with OpenAI's newly launched AI healthcare product, "ChatGPT Health" [4][9] - Torch, founded in January 2025, is developing a unified medical platform that aggregates patient health data from various healthcare systems, allowing users to analyze lab results, prescriptions, and medical records [4][9] Group 2 - Torch's platform distinguishes itself from traditional health apps by categorizing and organizing user-uploaded medical documents, translating medical terminology, and identifying trends in medical data to provide actionable health insights [11] - Currently, Torch is in a limited private testing phase and has not disclosed specific user numbers, but its capabilities are comparable to those of Ant Group's Aifu app, which achieved nearly 14 million downloads in December [11] - The healthcare AI sector is becoming increasingly competitive, with major players like Anthropic also entering the market shortly after OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT Health [11]
OpenAI,收购了一家AI医疗!
Xin Lang Cai Jing·2026-01-13 11:27