Business
Glooko, Inc., a leading provider of
advanced analytics capabilities
stated, “xbird and Glooko are a
remote patient monitoring and
and tools, further broadening
great fit. We share a commitment
digital health solutions for diabe-
Glooko’s platform offerings.
to providing solutions that ad-
tes and other chronic conditions
dress multiple chronic conditions,
today announced it has acquired
delivering measurable outcomes,
xbird, a Berlin-based health AI
“We are thrilled to welcome the
company developing JITAI (Just
xbird team to the Glooko family.
In Time Adaptive Intervention)
Our investment in xbird repre-
technologies to support patients
sents Glooko’s strategic commit-
and their providers in predicting
ment to machine learning and
behavior and managing diabetes.
customized digital coaching for patients with chronic conditions,”
to broadly serve all patients in need. Our goal is to continue the design of digital health solutions for those living with these conditions and to make our capabilities accessible to as many patients
Using the latest AI and machine
said Russ Johannesson, Glooko’s
learning, xbird’s technology has
Chief Executive Officer. “Among
the capability of identifying health
the many JITAI companies in the
risks for people with diabetes by
digital health landscape, xbird
interpreting medical and behavio-
clearly has a superior solution,
ral data in a targeted manner and
and has built successful partner-
providing
recom-
ships throughout diabetes de-
mendations and behavioral nudg-
vice manufacturers and clinical
es. Sensors via smartphones and
institutions. The combination of
wearables record a user’s move-
Glooko’s established global foot-
ments and analyze the data to
print and xbird’s exciting JITAI ca-
create individualized behavioral
pabilities will allow us to improve
profiles and personalized nudg-
patient outcomes.”
users of their platform globally
and lifestyle decisions. The ad-
Sebastian Sujka, Chief Executive
better manage their diabetes and
dition of xbird expands Glooko’s
Officer and Co-Founder of xbird
related chronic conditions.
customized
es to change patient behavior
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and we have a common mission
as possible.” Mr. Sujka will join Glooko as the Managing Director of Glooko GmbH, along with all of the xbird staff. Glooko will integrate the xbird JITAI digital coaching software with its established platform which is used daily by more than 7500 clinics globally and over 1M users. Glooko plans to enable to utilize these solutions to
