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OpenAI said to plan consumer health apps

• ByStartupStory     |    November 11, 2025

OpenAI is reportedly planning to enter the consumer health market by developing AI-powered health tools, including a personal health assistant and health data aggregator. This move aims to expand beyond OpenAI’s core large language model offerings by providing consumers with AI-driven assistance to manage their health, potentially consolidating medical records scattered across providers.

The company’s recent healthcare-focused hires, such as Nate Gross, co-founder of physician network Doximity as head of healthcare strategy, and former Instagram executive Ashley Alexander as vice president of health products, underscore its serious ambitions in this space. At the October HLTH conference, Gross highlighted that around 800 million ChatGPT users weekly seek medical advice and health information via the platform.

OpenAI’s potential health apps would compete with existing efforts like Alphabet’s Verily, which recently launched an AI-powered personal health record app, and also align with trends of increasing consumer control over health data. Big Tech’s past consumer health record initiatives struggled due to privacy concerns, user adoption challenges, and integration difficulties with healthcare systems, but investors believe OpenAI’s conversational AI and vast user base give it a unique advantage.

Privacy, data security, and regulatory compliance will be major challenges as OpenAI cautiously navigates this field—currently, ChatGPT is not intended to replace medical professionals but to complement them by improving health understanding and engagement.

The initiative reflects OpenAI’s ambition to transform healthcare interactions by leveraging AI’s conversational capabilities, building a robust ecosystem of health partners, and possibly forming a new category of intelligent health assistants tailored for individual users’ needs.

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