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PEAR launches AI-driven personal trainer for its Aaptiv app SmartCoach aims to tailor and constantly adapt personalized workout plans to each user’s goals, preferences and fitness level. Read the article on Globe Newswire > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Apple Unveils New Health Features for Watch, VR Headset Apple’s health hub just got some new spokes. The latest: The tech giant made a series of product announcements during the keynote address at its annual WWDC conference – with consumer health as the theme that tied everything together. New headspace. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Indian AI-powered fitness app HealthifyMe raises $30 million Their platform blends fitness and diet coaching and AI, enriched with users’ health data, Now, with generative AI, their goal is to “healthify” a billion people. Read the article on The Hindu Businessline > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

GetHarley, a skincare telehealth and consultation platform, raises $52M GetHarley, a platform that connects people with skincare clinicians and related products, has raised $52 million. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Why Beauty Brands Want a Bigger Piece of the $1.5 Trillion Wellness Pie The State of Fashion: Beauty finds that brands have a growing opportunity to tap into emerging wellness subcategories – from sleep to sexual intimacy to ingestible beauty – by upgrading existing products or expanding portfolios, provided they do so with credibility and authenticity. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Millionaires Harry Kane and Wayne Gretzky Invest in High-End Fitness System Maker, Helping Raise Over $45 Million High-end fitness system maker OxeFit continued to find success as they concluded their Series A2 round of fundraising. OxeFit’s co-founder Mohammed Shanableh disclosed their latest fundraiser earned $20 million, pushing their total earning from fundraisers to over $45 million. During the A2 round, millionaires Harry Kane and Wayne…

Why Your Favorite Hotels and Resorts Are Building Spas the Size of Airplane Hangars In an age when health is wealth, hotel spas have, ironically, become old hat. Next time you fancy a massage on your business trip, odds are that you’ll be escorted to a shiny, sprawling “wellness center” instead. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Unleashing AI: The Potential for Hospitality Brands Hospitality brands stand to benefit from both the creative possibilities and the efficiency that AI will bring. Here’s how to start thinking about it now. We’ve seen the flood of LinkedIn posts and professionals making confident proclamations about the future of AI. Truth is, this is a stage of learning, observing, and asking a lot of questions. Read…

Functional non-alcoholic spirits brand Aplós raises $5.5M Non-alcoholic spirits company Aplós raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round, the company said in a statement. The startup said it will use the funding round, led by McCarthy Capital, for distribution expansion in bars, restaurants and retail locations. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Making us thinner will see fatter profits for pharma as Bloomberg’s crystal ball predicts obesity drug sales hitting $44B by 2030 That would be a major ballooning of a market that was worth just $2.5 billion in 2022. Bloomberg predicts that nearly 70% of sales will stem from the U.S., with a slower ramp-up in Europe, Read the article on Fierce Pharma > Read More from the…