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Abu Dhabi's Department of Health signed research agreements covering AI drug discovery, wearables and clinical trials, including a 24-month WHOOP research program on heart and metabolic health, part of a broader push that also brought in DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs and AstraZeneca.

CNBC interviewed WHOOP CEO Will Ahmed in Abu Dhabi about the company's new collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health and its broader growth outlook.

Taiwanese outlet Life.tw reported that wearable health-tech company WHOOP announced a strategic research partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health, anchored by a $75 million investment from Mubadala Investment Company, with WHOOP opening an Abu Dhabi office and launching an Arabic-language platform.

A Chinese business feature (republished by 36Kr) profiles the booming 'screen-free wearable' category led by WHOOP, citing market-research data that WHOOP holds a 54% global shipment share and has reached a reported double-digit-billion-dollar valuation.

MIT's student newspaper The Tech covered MIT Future Fest 2026, highlighting a panel titled 'The Next 250 Years' moderated by Link Ventures Managing Director John Werner and CSAIL director Daniela Rus, in which Starcloud CEO Philip Johnston presented his vision for AI data centers in orbit.

CNBC interviewed Whoop CEO Will Ahmed in Abu Dhabi about the company's new collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health and its broader outlook, as part of CNBC's coverage of the Future Health Summit.