The wearable you’re never supposed to stop wearing with Will Ahmed of WHOOP

About this episode

Will Ahmed discusses the evolution of WHOOP from a niche wearable for athletes to a health platform.

WHOOP founder and CEO Will Ahmed joins Connie Loizos and Alex Gove on StrictlyVC Download to discuss the company’s evolution from a niche wearable for elite athletes into a fast-growing health platform. The three talk about WHOOP’s unconventional decision to skip a screen, its subscription-driven business model, and how it won over top athletes early on. They also dig into the company’s push into medical-grade monitoring, blood testing, and AI-driven insights, and what it all means for the future of continuous health tracking Chapters: 00:00 — The Rise of Whoop 02:45 — From Athlete to Founder 04:50 — Rejection and Early Challenges 06:10 — Why Whoop Skipped the Screen 08:25 — How Whoop Broke Through 13:30 — The Subscription Model 20:45 — Expanding Into Health and AI 27:50 — The Future of Wearables Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Connie Loizos, Alex Gove

Guest: Will Ahmed

Topics covered

• wearable technology
• health monitoring
• subscription model
• athlete insights
• AI in health

Keywords

• WHOOP
• wearable
• health platform
• subscription
• AI
• blood testing
• continuous health tracking

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Organizations: WHOOP

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