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Superpower partners with Sequoia to bring preventive health to employers. 2 hours ago Superpower today announced a new partnership with Sequoia to bring a more proactive model of preventive health to employers and their teams. The partnership will begin with Sequoia's own 800+ employee workforce, giving Sequoia firsthand experience with Superpower while simultaneously making the solution available to eligible client organizations across its employer ecosystem. Employer healthcare often starts after something has already gone wrong. Symptoms appear. A diagnosis is made. Risk shows up as a claim. Superpower is working to shift that experience earlier, helping people better understand their health before issues become more serious and helping employers support preventive care in a more meaningful way. The partnership with Sequoia is designed to make that model easier for employers to evaluate and adopt. Sequoia works with more than 2,500 companies and reaches more than 600,000 people, giving it a broad view into the challenges employers face as they manage rising healthcare costs, fragmented benefits, and growing demand for more personalized employee support. Many people want to be more proactive about their health, but the current system can make that difficult. Annual visits often rely on limited testing and provide only a snapshot in time. Health records may be spread across providers, apps, and systems. New technology can make guidance more personalized, but it works best when connected to comprehensive data and clinical support. Superpower turns a simple blood draw into an ongoing preventive health experience. Members receive 150+ biomarker testing at home, at thousands of lab locations, or onsite. They also receive a longitudinal health profile that can combine labs, health records, and wearable data, along with a personalized action plan, 24/7 Health AI, licensed clinical support, proactive outreach, and retesting to track progress over time. When the data points to care or a benefit an employer already offers, Superpower helps the member understand where to go next. By partnering with Sequoia, Superpower can bring this experience to an employer audience that is actively looking for more proactive, integrated ways to support workforce health. Sequoia will begin by offering Superpower to its own employees, then use that experience to advise eligible clients that are evaluating comprehensive preventive health as part of their broader benefits strategy. "Most people are trying to make health decisions with limited information and a fragmented view of their health. Superpower brings together comprehensive testing, technology, and clinical support so people can better understand what is happening in their bodies and take action earlier. Partnering with Sequoia helps us bring that model to employers in a thoughtful, credible way, starting with Sequoia's own team," said Max Marchione, Chief Executive Officer at Superpower. Sequoia's decision to begin with its own workforce reflects the way many employers are approaching new health solutions: they want to understand the employee experience, the operational requirements, and the potential value before recommending or scaling them more broadly. "Employers have made significant investments in healthcare, but much of that support begins after a condition is already known. We see an opportunity to help people engage earlier, with better information and clearer next steps. By offering this to our own team, we can learn firsthand what this experience delivers and help clients evaluate whether it fits into their broader preventive health strategy," said Christina Sullivan, Chief Client Officer at Sequoia. Health costs continue to rise, and employers often have limited visibility into health risks before they become more serious and more expensive. Through this partnership, Superpower and Sequoia aim to help employers move upstream, supporting people earlier, connecting them with appropriate care, and making better use of the benefits already available to them. Eligible Sequoia client organizations should reach out to their Sequoia representative for more information.

Sequoia Group transforms Benefits Renewal with one connected, ai-enhanced experience. Jul 30, 2026, 10:00 ET Not a better benefits renewal. A new one. Sequoia has rebuilt the process from the ground up to deliver faster decisions, greater cost clarity, and AI-enhanced employee support. SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Sequoia Group, the premier total compensation and benefits advisory firm for equity-backed companies, today announced a new benefits renewal experience on Sequoia OS(TM) that unifies the entire process, from secure data collection and carrier quoting through cost modeling, final decisions, enrollment, and employee support. One advisor-led workflow replaces fragmented emails, spreadsheets, decks, and handoffs, giving HR and Finance teams a faster path to decisions, clearer cost insight, and AI-powered support based on employees' actual plans. Benefits Renewal, Rebuilt from the Ground Up For modern companies, benefits renewal is where cost discipline, people strategy, and executive trust come together. Yet the process still runs through emailed census files, one-off carrier requests, manually entered quotes, and repeated rounds of calculations, presentations, and approvals. With healthcare costs rising, benefits cost containment has become a corporate priority across companies of all sizes. According to the latest Benefits Benchmarking Study by Sequoia, the share of mid-sized employers prioritizing healthcare cost reduction jumped from 53% to 70%. Employers are reassessing programs with low perceived value, adjusting contribution strategies, and evaluating new plans. That pressure is increasing the need for faster, more transparent analysis before renewal decisions are finalized. Sequoia has transformed the benefits renewal process by rebuilding it as one connected experience. Data is collected through a secure portal, quotes flow into Sequoia OS, options are modeled with a Sequoia advisor, and final decisions are captured in the same system. Finalized data then powers enrollment, Benefits Guides, and AI Assist, preserving accuracy from first quote through employee support. "Your benefits renewal should give leaders more control over the decisions that shape both company costs and the employee experience," said Bob Lawson, Sequoia's President and CFO. "We rebuilt the experience so clients and their Sequoia advisors can make critical decisions in one shared process, understand the cost and employee impact of various options, and extend accurate support after renewal. That gives HR and Finance teams more time, confidence, and peace of mind." The redesigned renewal experience enables leaders to: * Review plan designs, rates, coverage, and year-over-year changes in one place * Compare contribution and budget scenarios with employer and employee cost impact in real time * Align HR, Finance, and advisors around one shared source of truth * Carry finalized plan data directly into enrollment, Benefits Guides, and AI Assist Faster Renewal Decisions Sequoia OS brings secure data collection, quote requests, carrier responses, AI-assisted quote parsing, market analysis, cost modeling, final decisions, and enrollment data in one workflow. Teams can move through each stage without recreating work or losing context between systems. Meanwhile, clients and advisors update scenarios together in real time. The result is a faster path from quote to decision, transforming a potentially weeks-long, fragmented process into one connected experience that can be completed in days. Know What Changed, What It Costs, and Why Benefits Cost Modeling works from current benefits and people data, allowing leadership teams and their Sequoia advisors to compare contribution scenarios and see the employer and employee cost impact. Market Analysis brings carrier quotes, plan designs, cost comparisons, and advisor guidance into the same shared view, helping HR and Finance decide with a clear record of what changed, what it costs, and why. "The cost modeling tool was a major step forward in how we manage the benefits renewal process," said Sydney Edman, Head of People Operations at Pathpoint. "Because I could model cost-sharing scenarios in-platform with my Sequoia advisor, I was able to manage the renewal process inside People Ops rather than through shared documents between People Ops and Finance. I strongly recommend using Cost Modeling in Sequoia OS for a smoother and more data-driven benefits renewal process." Your Plans. Employee Questions. Instant Answers. Sequoia Benefits Guides and AI Assist use finalized Sequoia OS plan data, giving employees clear guidance and instant, accurate answers about their specific coverage, rather than generalized information from the web. Because the same data flows from final decisions into benefits administration and employee support, HR can spend less time reconciling plan details and answering repetitive questions. Meanwhile, employees can make more informed choices. Built on a Trusted Process For years, Sequoia advisors have helped HR and Finance leaders evaluate carrier quotes, hiring plans, and cost-sharing strategies. What is new is how that expertise is delivered: directly in Sequoia OS, through connected workflows that bring clients, carriers and advisors together from initial data collection through decisions, enrollment, and employee support. Benefits Cost Modeling, first rolled out to Sequoia PEO clients, will be available to all Sequoia clients starting this summer for their next renewal. Companies interested in seeing the new renewal experience can request a walkthrough of Sequoia OS and access the latest Benefits Benchmarking reports at https://www.sequoia.com/lp/employee-benefits-benchmarking. About Sequoia Sequoia is the strategic partner helping equity-backed companies of all sizes achieve their business goals through smarter people spend. For 25 years, we've guided the most innovative employers to navigate growth and get the most out of their global people investment. With our expert advisory team and integrated platform, we help clients drive business impact through their total comp and benefits, improving executive decision making, controlling costs, protecting the business, and elevating the employee experience. Visit Sequoia.com or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more. SOURCE Sequoia