OpenAI is reportedly developing a consumer health app that would act as a personal health assistant and data hub, aiming to succeed where Google and Microsoft’s health record projects fell short.
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to develop a consumer health app.
According to Business Insider, the ChatGPT maker is exploring several health-related projects, including a personal health assistant and a health data aggregator that would give users control over their own medical information.
Sources familiar with the matter have said the company’s early discussions center on leveraging generative AI to simplify how consumers access, interpret, and manage their health data – a goal that’s eluded predecessors like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.
OpenAI’s leadership hires point to a serious long-term play, as the company brought on Nate Gross, cofounder of physician network Doximity, to lead healthcare strategy, and recently appointed Ashley Alexander, a former Instagram executive, as vice president of health products.
At the HLTH 2025 conference, Gross noted that ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly users already rely on the chatbot for health-related queries – giving OpenAI an unprecedented foundation to build from.
Industry experts say the timing could be ideal, as advances in large language models (LLMs) are making it easier to extract meaning from fragmented health data, while consumers increasingly seek personalised, conversational tools for managing wellness.
Greg Yap, a partner at Menlo Ventures, said: “Consumers have historically gone to Google for health answers. Now they’re turning to LLMs for that same discovery process.
“I think OpenAI has a tremendous opportunity in that sector.”
If OpenAI can combine its conversational AI with secure, patient-owned data aggregation, analysts believe it could achieve what other tech giants failed to do: create a trusted, intelligent personal health record.
Such a system would let users centralise information from multiple providers, appointments, and apps – while keeping ownership and privacy intact.
OpenAI declined to comment on its plans, but insiders suggest its consumer health platform could debut as early as 2026.
OpenAI ‘poised to develop consumer health app’
