What You Should Know:
– Cairns Health, a provider of digital health solutions for seniors and individuals with chronic conditions announced the strategic acquisition of Together by Renee, an award-winning, AI-powered healthcare app from SixD Inc.. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
– The move deepens Cairns’ commitment to simplifying complex healthcare tasks through technology that empowers patients and their caregivers.
Integrating AI Vision and Voice Capabilities
The acquired app, Together by Renee, uses novel AI and computer vision to radically simplify routine health tasks. A key feature allows users to manage all their medications, including reminders and refills, simply by taking one picture of their pill bottle. This technology will be integrated into Luna, Cairns Health’s patented intelligent ambient sensing and voice-based companion platform for seniors.
“Its ability to help users manage medications by scanning a label is game-changing,” said Andrew Ritter, CEO at Cairns Health. “By bringing that technology into Luna and layering voice capabilities on top, we can now talk to users, help them stay on plan, and take a complex healthcare situation and transform it into a simple conversation.”.
Together by Renee was founded in 2021 by veteran health-tech entrepreneurs Nick Desai and Dr. Renee Dua, the husband-wife team behind Heal. Nick Desai, CEO of SixD Inc., noted that the app was one of the earliest examples of agentic AI in action. The app grew organically to over 50,000 users and holds over 1,500 five-star ratings on the Apple App Store.
Integrating Tegether by Renee’s into Luma Platform
Cairns Health plans to integrate Together by Renee’s features into the Luna platform over the next six months. This will allow users to receive voice-driven care—including medication reminders, symptom checks, and physiological health monitoring—with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing the burden on patients, caregivers, and care teams.
The acquisition allows Cairns Health to expand its offering to support users residing in senior care communities and furthers its launch of a consumer-facing solution designed to help caregivers manage loved ones remotely.
“This deal allows us to take Luna beyond the bedroom, supporting patients wherever they go 24/7,” Andrew Ritter added. The entire care team—loved ones, caregivers, and provider organizations—will now be on the same tech stack in a true care team approach, simplifying communication and care delivery.
