A digital health coach is doing more than motivating users. The creator of the app Obeo says it can predict your next sick day before you have symptoms. That creator is a Michigan State student.
The app launched in January, and funding boosted its value to about $3 million.
Whether you travel for work or you’re an athlete who travels to train and compete, we know being on-the-go can affect your workout regimen. A Metro Detroit student has created an app she says will help optimize your health goals.
This brand new predictive health app is the brainchild of Kaur, a 21-year-old Michigan State senior from Farmington Hills.
“We forecast your health like the weather, things like sicknesses, like what you’re picking up while flying, like those are things that we should be able to know in advance,” Kaur said.
The app uses health data you choose to sync, environmental details from your destination, and social media comments to predict outcomes.
“You have a 19% allergy risk influenced by the humidity,” Kaur said. “It will exacerbate allergic reactions and respiratory issues. These are the three things that you can do to actually prevent that.”
For athletes who travel to train and compete, Obeo could offer a competitive edge.
“Every morning, you know, I kind of open the app and kind of there’s some tips on how I’m already gonna feel, and I’m like, man, I’ll feel a certain type of way, and it’ll like predict that,” Caleb Gash, a sophomore defensive back at MSU, said.
“I actually played at Oregon, and something that we really didn’t take into account was the time difference of three hours,” Gash said. “And that kind of affected play a lot more than we initially anticipated.”
“We use maps to pinpoint location,” Kaur said.
Using AI, Kaur taught herself how to code and built Obeo in three months from scratch.
“The fact that she is kind of thinking about this stuff on ways to get ahead of the game for real, I think, is definitely important,” Gash said.
Kaur says she designed the app to work like a personal health coach in the palm of your hand.
“I think that was like the single biggest line and breakthrough I had this past year, that I actually have control over a lot of things in my life,” Kaur said.
Kaur is no stranger to being an entrepreneur. At 8 years old, she launched her first venture, a dog-sitting business.
If you’d like to download Obeo, you can do so on the App Store and Google Play Store in the coming weeks.