OpenAI announced the acquisition of Torch, the medical start-up company of AI, and its association with Health

OpenAI purchased the AI medical start-up company Torch for approximately $100 million (approximately RMB 679 million), of which $60 million was immediately cashed and the rest was used for staff retention incentives; Torch supported access to data from the medical system such as Kaiser Permante and Apple Health, integrated access to laboratory tests, prescription information and medical records, and organized and healthy insight through AI; and All four of the Torch founding teams joined OpenAI in the construction of the ChatGPT Health module, which had previously been set up and operated the online clinic platform Forward, which was created after the closure of 2024。