Qualified Health raised a $125 million Series B on March 26, 2026 led by New Enterprise Associates to expand its enterprise AI governance platform, which the company says now supports 400,000 users across health systems representing about 5% of U.S. hospital revenue.
AbbVie and Iambic Therapeutics announced a multi-year AI drug discovery collaboration on September 21, 2026 targeting small-molecule therapies in immunology, neuroscience and oncology, part of a wider wave of pharma-AI deals that also saw Novo Nordisk partner with Anthropic the same week.
Pearl became the first dental AI company cleared by the FDA for both 2D and 3D imaging as of December 2025, with the company citing clinical data showing diagnostic accuracy rising from 82% to 98% when dentists use its Second Opinion software.
Washington state authorized statewide Medicaid reimbursement for Intuition Robotics' ElliQ companion device on March 18, 2026, the first time any U.S. state has fully covered a social AI robot as a 'Smart Care Device' for home-based long-term care recipients.
Eli Lilly signed a deal worth up to $2.75 billion with Insilico Medicine in March 2026 for a portfolio of preclinical, AI-designed drug candidates, one of the largest AI-pharma partnerships to date, with only $115 million guaranteed upfront.
Hyodol, a ChatGPT-powered companion doll already used by roughly 12,000 elderly South Koreans living alone, registered with the FDA in late 2024 and is targeting a full US launch in 2026 to combat senior isolation and detect falls.
French robotics company Wandercraft commercially launched Eve on September 17, 2026, the first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton available to wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries at any neurological level, powered by AI trained on billions of simulated and real-world steps.
Youper, an AI-powered emotional health app founded in 2016 that grew to more than 3 million users, will stop working on September 30, 2026 and delete all user data October 1 after years without meaningful funding beyond a single 2019 seed round.
The FDA cleared Aidoc's CARE foundation-model AI to flag 14 acute abdominal conditions from one CT scan, with a pivotal study showing up to 98.5% sensitivity, as hospitals race to cut emergency-department imaging backlogs.
Amazon began rolling out its generative-AI assistant Alexa+ in India on September 16, letting users mix Hindi and English mid-sentence while it books rides, orders groceries and controls smart-home gadgets.