Romi Gubes knew her idea sounded outlandish: a small audio-only device that could sit in a senior's home and detect everything from falls to early signs of cognitive decline. "It was like science fiction," she told Business Insider. "When we came up with this idea, everyone thought we were crazy." But what seemed far-fetched in 2019 is now a multimillion-dollar reality. Gubes's startup Sensi.AI just raised $45 million in Series C funding, BI learned exclusively.
Withings announced at IFA 2025 today that it's revamping the operating system of its ScanWatch 2 smartwatch. Called HealthSense 4, the update adds new algorithms for 35 health metrics as well as predictive AI-powered alerts when a user's health changes. The ScanWatch 2 also gains two new colors and improved battery life of 35 days - a roughly five-day increase from the original.
Predictive AI refers to systems that can analyze real-time data and anticipate future events before they happen. Unlike reactive safety technologies that only respond after an incident occurs, predictive AI systems can alert drivers to risks before they become incidents.