Airo Health

Name

Airo Health

Legal name

Blacktree Fitness Technologies Inc.

Website

https://airohealth.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wearable Stress & Anxiety Monitoring Devices

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Wellness & Stress Management Devices (Biofeedback, Meditation/Neurostimulation Devices) (CRACAQAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Health Wearables & Fitness Trackers (Wellness Monitoring) (HLAHACAJ), Health Monitoring Wearables (ECG, BP, SpO2, CGM-compatible) (CRACAIAF)

Keywords

• Wearable health devices
• Stress tracking technology
• Heart rate variability monitoring
• Wearable anxiety tracking
• Consumer health wearables

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunnyvale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Airo generates primary revenue from sales of its wearable stress tracking wristband. The device is sold at $129.99 (reduced from $200 MSRP) through direct e-commerce on its website. One-time hardware purchase includes the Airo band, classic black band, and charging cable with a 1-year warranty.
2. Companion App Services: The company offers a companion smartphone app (iOS 5+ and Android 5+) that provides stress tracking, data visualization, journaling features, and breathing exercises. While not explicitly stated as a separate subscription, the app enables the core value proposition of the hardware.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Airo Health designs and sells a wearable wristband that continuously monitors Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to detect stress, anxiety, and nervous system state in real time, pairing the hardware with iOS/Android companion apps for journaling and guided breathing exercises and a web dashboard for stress-pattern visualization. The device is sold as a one-time hardware purchase at $129.99 (reduced from a $200 MSRP) through direct e-commerce, with additional deployment via healthcare provider referrals in clinical settings.

Product overview

Airo Health offers a unified wearable health tracking system consisting of the Airo wristband hardware device paired with a mobile app (iOS/Android) and online dashboard. The core product monitors nervous system activity via Heart Rate Variability to detect and alert users to rising stress levels, while offering personalized breathing exercises and journaling features. Additional capabilities include an online visualization dashboard and a healthcare provider platform for clinical use. A calorie tracking feature is also in development, tracking caloric intake through blood-flow measurements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airo Band A wearable wristband with medical-grade optical sensors sampling at 500 samples per second that continuously tracks Heart Rate Variability to detect when stress levels are rising, sends gentle vibration alerts, and stores 14 hours of data offline for later sync via Bluetooth Low Energy. Sold as a one-time hardware purchase to individual consumers.
• Airo Mobile App iOS and Android application that connects to the Airo Band over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.2), providing real-time stress visualization, journaling for activity logging and trigger identification, and guided breathing exercises personalized to each user's optimal rate.
• Online Dashboard Web-based platform that visualizes stress levels and patterns over daily, weekly, and monthly periods, showing how routines affect stress and highlighting focus points when users perform at their best.
• Healthcare Provider Platform Analysis and monitoring platform built for psychiatrists, therapists, and mental-health clinics to access patient nervous-system data from the Airo device and deliver real-time feedback during therapy sessions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 hours of battery life on single charge
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of GuelphcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Guelph is conducting validation studies on Airo's technology, comparing readings against medical grade equipment. Research includes automatic calorie tracking validation with 12 of 20 subjects tested showing average R2 scores of 0.9. This partnership provides scientific credibility and validation for the technology.
• University of WaterloocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Waterloo University for ongoing R&D, particularly in machine learning, human physiology, and sensor design. Combined with Guelph, the company works closely with both Waterloo and Guelph universities for technology development.
• Mental Health Clinics (Kitchener-Waterloo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health clinics in the Kitchener-Waterloo area are using Airo in clinical settings, providing real-world validation and feedback for the product. The company has built an analysis and monitoring platform for healthcare provider use.
• Community Influencers / LeadersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerActive influencer program inviting community leaders to partner with Airo and promote the product to their audiences. Contact via [email protected] for community partnership inquiries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Emerging players

• Calm / Headspace: Calm and Headspace are the leading consumer mental-wellness apps, including guided breathing and meditation for stress and anxiety. They are adjacent rather than direct hardware peers to Airo, but compete for the same end-user attention and wallet on mental wellness and include biofeedback integrations with wearables.
• Empatica: Empatica builds medical-grade wearables (EpiMonitor, Embrace) for seizure detection, stress, and autonomic nervous system monitoring. It overlaps with Airo on continuous physiological monitoring for clinical and stress applications but focuses on regulated medical rather than consumer wellness.

Broad incumbents

• Garmin: Garmin's higher-end smartwatches and fitness bands (e.g., Venu, Forerunner, fēnix lines) include all-day stress tracking via HRV, Body Battery energy monitoring, and sleep scoring. Garmin overlaps with Airo on continuous HRV-driven stress/energy insights but serves a much broader fitness-and-outdoor customer base.
• Fitbit (Google): Fitbit (now part of Google) is a mass-market wearable offering stress management scores based on HRV, heart rate, and sleep. It competes with Airo on continuous HRV tracking and stress detection but serves a much broader audience across fitness, sleep, and general wellness rather than specializing in mental wellness.
• Apple Watch: Apple Watch includes continuous HRV monitoring via its optical heart sensor and uses HRV for stress, mindfulness, and recovery indicators in the Mindfulness and Health apps. It is a broad incumbent with massive install base overlapping Airo's target buyer on HRV-driven biofeedback features.

Direct peers

• HeartMath (Inner Balance): HeartMath's Inner Balance sensor and app provides HRV-based biofeedback training for stress and emotional regulation. It is one of the original consumer HRV biofeedback products and the most direct methodological peer to Airo's HRV-driven stress/anxiety focus, particularly through coaching and clinician channels.
• Whoop: Whoop is a subscription-based wearable that continuously tracks HRV, heart rate, sleep, and recovery/strain — directly comparable to Airo's continuous HRV-based stress and recovery monitoring concept, and shares the same target user: performance- and health-conscious consumers paying for biofeedback insights.
• Oura Ring: Oura is a subscription-anchored wearable ring that tracks HRV, sleep, readiness, and stress resilience. It directly competes with Airo in the HRV-driven biofeedback and recovery category and shares the same premium-DTC and longevity-conscious buyer persona.
• Spire Health: Spire makes wearable respiration and HR sensors for continuous stress, sleep, and activity monitoring, with biofeedback interventions. It is a direct niche competitor in the stress/anxiety biofeedback wearables space and shares Airo's clinician and consumer dual-channel approach.
• Muse (Interaxon): Muse sells EEG-based meditation headbands with biofeedback for stress, focus, and sleep — directly comparable to Airo's positioning as a mental-wellness biofeedback device. Both compete in the consumer mind-fitness category and partner with clinicians and researchers, though Muse uses brainwave rather than HRV signals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/airo-health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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