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Whoop launches Meridian, its jewellery-inspired band and its latest way to ensure you never have to take off your fitness tracker. * Whoop launches Meridian, its jewellery-inspired fitness tracker * It's essentially a Whoop 5.0 with Milanese metal mesh and premium metallic finishes * It 'keeps the same sensor array and tracking accuracy as the standard band' If there's one thing Whoop hates, it's people taking their fitness trackers off. After all, you're losing valuable data. That's why the Whoop MG comes with a charging puck that clips directly onto the wearable as you wear it, and it's why you get push notifications from the Whoop app whenever you remove the tracker, telling you it's 'off body'. But there are occasions when a fabric Whoop band would be inappropriate to wear - a wedding, perhaps, or a fancy dinner. Enter Whoop Meridian: a sleek metallic fitness tracker with a Milanese mesh band and tapered silhouette, designed to look more like jewellery than gym. Latest Videos FromTechRadar According to Whoop, 'Meridian is designed to solve one of the biggest gaps in health wearables: the fact that most people take theirs off exactly when continuous tracking matters (sleep quality outside routine, recovery on off days, stress during social events).' It offers the same sensors and tracking accuracy as a standard Whoop 5.0, and can be purchased as an additional accessory rather than a complete Whoop, if you so choose. In theory, Whoop members can swap their standard tracker for their Meridian band when needed and continue seamlessly tracking from day to night. It's available in four colors: Gold, Rose Gold, Alloy (a generic metallic finish), and Black. It's priced at $149 / £119 / AU$219, and is available from today (Thursday 27 August). Wearables have tried to capture the jewellery aesthetic before, to varying degrees of success: notably the Fitbit Luxe and Apple with the Hermes editions of its best Apple Watches. However, I quite like the look of these Whoop bands: some shades like Rose Gold and Gold simply look like bracelets, while the darker, more robust colors almost feel like watch straps. If you can't stand to lose hours of valuable data, this could be a stylish solution. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add Wilson’s Media LLC as a preferred source to get its expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Whoop launches Meridian, its jewellery-inspired fitness tracker It's essentially a Whoop 5.0 with Milanese metal mesh and premium metallic finishes It 'keeps the same sensor array and tracking accuracy as the standard band' If there's one thing Whoop hates, it's people taking their fitness trackers off. After all, you're losing...

Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B. IntelPro all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though. Oura, the smart ring maker, with offices in San Francisco and Finland, is reportedly planning to raise up to $3 billion as soon as next month in a U.S. IPO that values the more than 900-person company at [spits out coffee] north of $16 billion, according to Bloomberg. The outlet adds that investors are expected to sell a major chunk of stock in the offering. A $16 billion valuation would mark an enormous jump from the $10.9 billion valuation Oura was assigned last September, when it closed an $875 million Series E round backed by Fidelity, ICONIQ, Whale Rock, and Atreides, joining earlier backers like Dexcom, The Chernin Group, Forerunner Ventures, Coatue, and Temasek. The wearables space has gotten crowded fast. Samsung launched its own ring, the Galaxy Ring, two years ago. But Oura's most direct rival may be the fitness band maker Whoop, which has undergone its own reinvention. Once a performance tool for elite athletes and young men, Whoop has spent the past year courting a much broader audience, layering in hormone tracking and blood-panel testing for perimenopause and thyroid health. The move drove its own valuation up to $10 billion back in March. Oura has followed a similar path, evolving from its starting niche of biohacking CEOs into a more mainstream sleep-and-recovery brand. Oura announced in May that it had filed confidentially for an IPO. The company has said that it generated $500 million in revenue in 2024, roughly $1 billion in 2025, and that it expected to generate close to $2 billion in revenue in 2026, though IntelPro'll learn much more once its S-1 filing becomes publicly available. Not all of Oura's recent attention has been positive. A proposed class action lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco is accusing Oura of misleading consumers about the accuracy of its sleep tracking features. Among other complaints in the filing, Oura is accused of not just claiming "to measure a heartbeat or a temperature, but the exact stage of sleep the wearer is in - which in reality requires electrodes in the scalp and sensors on the eyes, as only a hospital or other clinical setting can do." In a statement to TechCrunch sent over the weekend, a spokesperson pushed back against claims in that suit, saying the company plans to "defend against them in the appropriate legal forum" and that "[w]hile Oura Ring is not a medical device or a substitute for a clinical sleep study, Oura's sleep staging has been validated and compared favorably in multiple studies against polysomnography, the gold standard." The statement continued on to say that "[m]ultiple third-party, independent studies support our claims of accuracy and we have transparently reported on the mechanisms and measures that inform Oura's sleep staging."

Exec moves: Stipher joins Workout Anytime. August 21, 2026 Executive moves is ATN's weekly roundup up of the key industry personnel changes Workout Anytime names Peter Stipher COO. Workout Anytime has appointed Peter Stipher as chief operating officer, tasking the longtime fitness and technology executive with overseeing corporate-owned and franchise operations. Reporting to CEO and majority owner Jerry Pugh, Stipher will work across technology, finance, marketing, analytics and operations to strengthen unit economics, improve the member experience and support the 24-hour fitness franchise's continued growth. Stipher previously founded fitness CRM platform Lead Dolphin, which was acquired by EverCommerce, and served as CEO of Motus Consumer Insights before its sale to Vi Labs. Most recently, he was a principal at Private Capital Advisors, where he led the transaction that brought Pugh in as Workout Anytime's majority owner. Livelong Media adds Dr. Stacy Sims as chief science advisor. Livelong Media has appointed exercise physiologist and women's health researcher Dr. Stacy Sims as chief science advisor. Serving as an independent advisor, Sims will help shape the scientific direction of Livelong's content and live events. Her responsibilities will include reviewing programming for scientific accuracy, advising on speaker selection and contributing to content before and after the company's summits. She will also deliver keynotes and moderate panels across Livelong's event series. Sims will appear in her new role at the Livelong Women's Health Summit, set for Sept. 25-26 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City, with additional events planned for Dallas, Boston, San Francisco and New York in 2027. Known for her research on the differences between male and female physiology in training, nutrition and recovery, Sims is the bestselling author of ROAR and Next Level. She has held research positions at Stanford University and Auckland University of Technology's Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand. Whoop taps Yann Gellot as chief accounting officer. Whoop has appointed Yann Gellot as chief accounting officer as the wearable technology company continues to scale globally. Gellot will oversee Whoop's financial reporting, accounting operations, tax, governance and internal controls. He brings 30 years of finance experience and most recently served as chief accounting officer and senior vice president of finance at Klaviyo, where he helped lead the company through its IPO. Gellot previously held senior roles at CarGurus, Dassault Systèmes, Harvest Power and PwC. An endurance athlete himself, he has completed seven Ironman triathlons and is currently training for a 100-mile race. Stephanie Moran joins Walla as chief revenue officer. Walla has appointed Stephanie Moran as chief revenue officer as the boutique fitness software company looks to accelerate its next stage of growth. Moran brings more than 20 years of industry experience, including over a decade at Mindbody and a previous role as head of growth at ClubReady. She also owns and operates a boutique fitness studio. At Walla, Moran will oversee sales, marketing, revenue operations, professional services, pricing and packaging, and strategic partnerships. Juice Plus+ names Jennifer Orlando CEO. Juice Plus+ has appointed Jennifer Orlando as CEO. She succeeds board chairman Mike Lohner, who served as interim CEO and will remain a special advisor to Orlando. Orlando brings more than 20 years of global leadership experience in direct selling, wellness and beauty. She most recently served as CEO of Arbonne and previously held leadership roles at Plexus Worldwide, Stella & Dot and LVMH. Pressed Juicery adds two executives. In other juice news, Pressed Juicery has appointed Tina Reejsinghani as chief marketing officer and Chad Peffer as chief sales officer as the wellness beverage brand targets a major national wholesale expansion. Reejsinghani brings more than 22 years of brand-building experience, including leadership roles at Unilever, Pernod Ricard and Rémy Cointreau. She will lead Pressed's marketing organization and guide the brand's evolution as it reaches a broader audience. Peffer brings more than two decades of beverage sales experience, including 20 years at Red Bull and a subsequent stint as president and chief commercial officer of CLEAN Cause. He will oversee Pressed's sales organization and growing wholesale operation. Pressed products are currently sold in nearly 10,000 locations beyond its company-owned stores, with wholesale now accounting for the majority of company sales. Countdown names Julie Teer CEO. Countdown has appointed Julie Teer as CEO, effective Sept. 1, as the nonprofit looks to expand its work in mitochondrial science and medicine. Teer brings more than two decades of leadership experience spanning healthcare, philanthropy and public affairs. She most recently served as senior vice president of Wellstar Health System and president of the Wellstar Foundation, where she grew annual philanthropic revenue to more than $20 million. As CEO, Teer will oversee Countdown's strategy, fundraising, partnerships, operations and growth while working alongside founder and president Mitzi Solomon. RealTime Reservation taps David 'Nick' Di Lucia as chief growth officer. RealTime Reservation has appointed David "Nick" Di Lucia as chief growth officer, tasking the hospitality technology veteran with leading growth initiatives, strategic partnerships and client expansion. Di Lucia brings more than three decades of experience across hospitality, technology and business development. He most recently served as executive vice president and brand ambassador at Allbridge and previously spent a decade leading sales and marketing at DCI-Design Communications. The appointment follows RTR's acquisition of STAY, which expanded the company's hospitality technology platform to more than 2,000 properties across over 75 countries.