OpenAI and Thrive’s new healthcare startup appoints ex-Googler DeCarlos Love as CEO

DeCarlos Love has been named CEO of Thrive AI Health, a new AI healthcare startup funded by OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global.

Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI, and Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post and Thrive Global, said Thrive AI Health will offer a hyper-personalized AI health coach.

Thrive AI Health

Thrive AI Health’s goal is to develop AI-powered assistive technologies to democratize access to expert-level health coaching to improve health outcomes.

The startup will use generative AI to hyper-personalize and scale behavioral changes in the five most important and interconnected daily behaviors that determine health: sleep, nutrition, fitness, stress management, and connectivity.

According to a press release, the new company will leverage resources from OpenAI and Thrive Global, including Thrive Global’s leading behavior change methodology, microsteps and content library.

“Thrive AI Health Coach is the product that overcomes the limitations of current AI and LLM-based solutions by providing personalized, proactive and data-driven coaching for the five daily behaviors,” said DeCarlos Love, CEO of Thrive AI Health.

“In this way, we will improve health outcomes, reduce health costs and significantly combat chronic diseases worldwide.”

Who is DeCarlos Love?

Love is a product leader with extensive experience in developing vision, strategy, and team management who left his position as a product management lead at Google to join OpenAI.

At Google, Love-led sensors, AL and ML algorithms, and health and fitness experiences are available across all devices and platforms, including Fitbit by Google Fitness, Pixel Watch, and Wear OS.

Before Google, Love held product positions at Apple and Athos.

“Leaving Google was not an easy decision as I have had the privilege of working with some of the most talented and dedicated people in the industry,” Love wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

“My time at Google has been invaluable and I am eternally grateful to my colleagues and mentors for their support and collaboration over the years.”

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