Agetech industry news

AI-Native Devices Are Redefining Elder Care — and the Hardware Era Is Already Fading

A new analysis argues elder care's next phase belongs to AI-native devices, leaving simple connected hardware behind.

2026-08-05

LifeLoop's Olia Brings AI Companionship to Senior Living at Scale

LifeLoop has launched Olia, an AI companion designed to amplify human caregiving in senior living communities at scale.

2026-08-04

Global Capital Is Racing Into Longevity — But Science Warns Expectations Are Running Ahead

Investors are pouring money into rejuvenation biotech at record pace, even as scientists caution the field's promises outrun its evidence.

2026-08-03

AI Care Companions for Seniors Are Moving From Novelty to Necessity

AI-powered companion tools for older adults are gaining serious clinical and commercial traction as the senior care workforce crisis deepens.

2026-08-02

13 Anti-Aging Biotech Companies Are Rewriting What's Possible in Longevity Science

Labiotech highlights 13 anti-aging biotech firms to watch in 2026, signaling a maturing longevity sector with serious scientific ambition.

2026-08-01

Overworked and Underserved: How Caregiving Tech Is Finally Stepping Up for Family Caregivers

New caregiving technology is emerging to relieve the mounting burden on overworked family and professional caregivers across the US.

2026-07-31

Comfort Keepers Franchisees Get a Tech Edge With Comfort360 Senior Care Platform

Comfort360 gives Comfort Keepers franchisees a new technology layer designed to sharpen their competitive edge in senior home care.

2026-07-30

Samsung Enters Senior Care With Lark Health Partnership, Raising the Stakes for Aging Tech Incumbents

Samsung Electronics has partnered with Lark Health to move into senior care, signaling that consumer electronics giants are serious about the aging market.

2026-07-29

Can Longevity Become Public Policy? The Industry's Biggest Question Is Finally Getting Serious Answers

Longevity is emerging as a legitimate policy domain, raising urgent questions about how government can shape the future of aging technology.

2026-07-28

Eli Lilly's Longevity Pivot Could Make Big Pharma a Serious Player in the Aging Technology Ecosystem

Eli Lilly is racing to become the first major pharmaceutical company to plant a strategic flag in the longevity space.

2026-07-27

US Longevity Policy Takes Center Stage in Washington — and the Industry Should Be Paying Attention

Longevity policy has moved to the front of Washington's agenda, signaling a potential shift in how aging technology is funded and regulated.

2026-07-26

Aging-at-Home Startup Secures $6M and Medicaid Partnerships in Push to Scale Care at Home

An aging-in-place startup raised $6M and added MA and Medicaid partnerships, signaling growing payer confidence in home-based care tech.

2026-07-25

Medicare AI Program Already Denying Seniors Care Across Six States — and the Industry Is on Notice

An RFK Jr.-backed Medicare AI program is denying care to seniors in six states, raising urgent compliance and ethics questions for agetech.

2026-07-24

Wall-Mounted Tech Is Quietly Transforming How Seniors Experience Care at Home

A new wave of wall-based senior care technology is reshaping daily life for older adults, moving beyond passive monitoring into active engagement.

2026-07-23

AI Meets Amazon in the Longevity Beauty Push That Could Reshape How Older Adults Shop for Wellness

Longevity-focused beauty brands are pairing AI personalization with Amazon's distribution muscle to reach aging consumers at scale.

2026-07-22

ResMed's Cheap Exit From US Software Signals AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Sleep and Respiratory Care

ResMed offloads its US software business at a discount as AI-driven disruption forces a strategic rethink across respiratory and sleep tech.

2026-07-21

Independent Living Outpaces Senior Living Market as AI Rewires the Prospect Journey

Independent living communities are outperforming the broader senior living market as AI transforms how prospective residents discover and evaluate their options.

2026-07-20

Qihan Biotech Lands FDA 'Triple Crown' for Cell Therapy in Longevity Biotech Milestone

Qihan Biotech has achieved a rare FDA triple regulatory designation for its cell therapy, marking a pivotal moment for longevity biotech.

2026-07-19

AI Companions Are High-Risk Programs — and Elder Care Providers Need a Compliance Playbook Now

Legal experts classify AI companions in elder care as high-risk programs, urging providers to build privacy compliance frameworks before deployment.

2026-07-18

Texas Looks to Japan's Playbook as the Global Race for Elder Tech Leadership Heats Up

Texas is studying Japan's elder tech investment model as aging demographics force states to rethink how technology can support older populations.

2026-07-17

Klotho Protein Moves From Laboratory Research to Industrial-Scale Production

Klotho, the longevity-linked protein, has reached a manufacturing milestone, signaling a major step toward viable therapeutic applications.

2026-07-16

EHR Systems Under the Microscope: What Care Professionals Actually Think

New research surfaces care professionals' real-world perspectives on electronic health records in elderly care settings.

2026-07-15

LifeLoop's Olia Brings AI Companionship to Senior Living With a Human-First Design Philosophy

LifeLoop launches Olia, an AI companion for senior living communities designed to scale human connection rather than replace it.

2026-07-14

AI in Elder Care Is a Workforce Story First — and the Industry Is Finally Listening

A KevinMD analysis argues that AI's real impact in eldercare is reshaping the workforce, not just the technology stack.

2026-07-13

Aging-in-Place Tech Hits an Inflection Point as Smart Home Integration Matures

Convergence of ambient sensors, AI inference, and home automation is reshaping how older adults live independently at scale.

2026-07-12

Lys Therapeutics Secures $29M to Advance Brain Therapy Targeting Age-Related Neurological Decline

Lys Therapeutics has raised $29M to push its brain therapy pipeline forward, signaling continued investor appetite for longevity neuroscience.

2026-07-11

Longevity Capital Converges on Gstaad as Investor Momentum Builds Around Anti-Aging Biotech

High-net-worth longevity investors are gathering in Gstaad, signaling growing mainstream capital interest in anti-aging and lifespan extension technology.

2026-07-10

BedHub Launches Nationwide to Solve the Senior Care Search Problem at Scale

BedHub expands nationally after its founder's firsthand struggle to locate quality senior care options for a family member.

2026-07-09

Elder Care Wearables Step Into the Spotlight as Demand for Aging-in-Place Tech Accelerates

Elder care wearables are emerging as a defining product category as the aging-in-place movement drives demand for smarter, more connected devices.

2026-07-08

AI Medicare Review Program Leaves Washington Seniors with Denied and Delayed Care

Washington state seniors are experiencing denied and delayed care under an AI-driven Medicare review program, raising urgent questions for the agetech sector.

2026-07-07

SeniorCRE Warns That Siloed AI Will Fail as the Operating Intelligence of Senior Living

SeniorCRE issues a competitive alert arguing that fragmented, silo-trapped AI systems cannot serve as true operating intelligence for senior living operators.

2026-06-29

Hera Raises $27M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Senior Care Coordination

Hera secures $27M Series A to expand its AI-driven care coordination platform, signaling strong investor confidence in tech-enabled senior care.

2026-06-26

Rejuvenate Bio Secures New Funding and Merck Partnership in Anti-Aging Gene Therapy Push

Rejuvenate Bio lands fresh investment and a Merck partnership, signaling growing pharma confidence in gene therapy approaches to aging.

2026-06-24

Futurewave's Wearable Smart System Aims to Reshape Communication in Elder Care Facilities

Futurewave's new wearable smart system promises to transform how residents and staff communicate inside senior living and elder care facilities.

2026-06-22

Vali Health Raises $6M to Deploy AI Agents in Home Care

Vali Health has closed a $6M funding round to develop AI agents designed to improve coordination and delivery of home care services.

2026-06-19

Gero Raises $17M to Build a Mathematical Model of Human Aging

Longevity startup Gero closes a $17M funding round to advance its mathematics-based approach to modeling the aging process.

2026-06-17

Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss

A longevity startup has dosed its first human participant in a trial targeting age-related vision loss, marking a milestone for biotech in aging.

2026-06-15