Healthify bets AI coaches scale metabolic care; merges with US's Berry Street, Aug 2026

Bengaluru digital health company (formerly HealthifyMe) whose AI platform Ria provides nutrition, weight and wellness coaching via a consumer app, now merged with a US insurance-covered nutrition therapy network.

AI coaching can scale nutrition guidance to millions, but GLP-1-era US care needs clinics and insurance — merging with Berry Street adds both, with AI between visits.

Founded in 2012 in Bengaluru by Tushar Vashisht, Mathew Cherian and Sachin Shenoy, Healthify began as a health and fitness app that helped people track diet, fitness and weight and connect with coaches. Its long-standing thesis, in Vashisht's words, was to put a dietitian in every human's pocket.

Healthify raised over $150 million from investors including Khosla Ventures, LeapFrog Investments, Blume Ventures and Chiratae Ventures, and claims to have served more than 45 million users across over 20 cultures. About two years before the merger it took a $20M round from Khosla Ventures and LeapFrog to enter the US and deepen AI. In 2025 it launched HealthifyRx, a companion program built around anti-obesity medication such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, including a patient support program with Novo Nordisk. On the other side, Berry Street had raised $50M from Northzone, Sofina and FJ Labs and built a network of over 2,000 clinicians serving more than 200,000 patients across all 50 US states.

On August 24, 2026 the companies announced a merger, with Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht and Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove as co-CEOs; the business operates under the Berry Street brand in the US and Healthify in India and other markets, with financial terms undisclosed. The combined company continues to run, aiming to pair AI guidance between consultations with clinician-managed, mostly insurance-covered GLP-1 and metabolic care.

Healthify proved the consumer side of its thesis first: 45M+ users served and a decade of AI coaching data.

GLP-1 drugs changed the economics of metabolic care, making clinician-managed, insurance-covered programs the growth market.

Berry Street already had payer contracts, 2,000+ clinicians and 50-state reach, which an app could not build overnight.

AI between clinician visits is where the merged company can differentiate: lower-cost, always-on coaching under medical supervision.

Keeping both brands lets the company sell the same platform to US payers and Indian consumers without either market losing identity.

A consumer app's AI coach can reach tens of millions, but regulated care businesses still need clinical trust and payer access — the merger is how digital health buys the trust it cannot build in-app.

As of August 24, 2026, the merged company is led by co-CEOs Tushar Vashisht and Noah Kotlove, operating as Berry Street in the US and Healthify in India and other markets; financial terms were not disclosed. Healthify contributes AI coach Ria and its claimed 45M+ users, while Berry Street brings over 2,000 clinicians, more than 200,000 patients served across all 50 US states, CMS ACCESS participation and Amazon/Walmart partnerships. Care pairs AI guidance between consultations with clinician-managed, insurance-covered GLP-1 programs; Khosla Ventures' Vinod Khosla endorsed the platform.