The startup turning raw wearable data into retention engines has new financial backing

Sahha.ai, the health and wellness data analysis and integration brand, has announced the closure of $1.2 million in new funding. The Australia-headquartered brand is targeting further growth as demand for clean APIs and the wearable market do the same.

Supermoon Capital, Aura Venture and Antle led the founding round alongside Gandel Invest, Func Ventures and Cutri Family Office action. It brought Sahha’s total funding up to $4 million. 

Sahha fuels retention and engagement for digital fitness brands by converting raw health data into standardized scores, behavioral archetypes and personalized engagement opportunities. Its platform already facilitates integrations between 300 apps and devices.

“Sahha has built an essential layer in the customer engagement stack,” said Grayson Judge, co-founder and managing partner at Supermoon Capital. “By giving companies the ability to unlock and act on user health data, Sahha empowers companies to build dynamic customer experiences that supercharge retention and revenue. We see this technology being instrumental in delivering next-gen products, marketing campaigns and brand experiences.”

Sahha expects to broaden these offerings in the future as well, leveraging this new capital alongside the tech trends currently taking form in the fitness and wellness industry. 

“The consumerization of health and wellbeing is here, it’s growing fast and far beyond traditional confines of health tech,” said Aleks Dahlberg, CEO and founder of Sahha. “Projects are demanding not just secure and reliable sources of data, but research-backed analysis of it so they can deliver the best user experiences and recommend the right products and services, and that’s why we are here. This new capital allows us to scale developer access, expand our real-time data pipelines and bring even more contextualized health intelligence to millions of people.”

Sahha also intends to add to its team, expand product opportunities and reduce costs with its new financial support. The latter initiative promises to alleviate what’s already become a major pain point for fitness brands. 

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“We constantly hear from projects pushing back against the exorbitant costs of wearable integrations — this is something we are laser-focused on also solving,” said David Pipe, Sahha’s head of engineering. “Companies shouldn’t be paying insane prices to have wearable data streamed to them, which they then need to clean and analyze themselves. We’ve put a ton of resource into minimizing the cost to collect data, analyzing it in real-time and storing it. 

Pipe also added that Sahha is the only provider capable of doing this at a rate “fit for any market or project.”

That said, Sahha isn’t alone in trying to expand the functionality of wearables at the moment. Ultrahuman just increased its Blood Vision platform to 48 U.S. states. Garmin recently expressed a desire to support the healthcare industry to a greater extent in the future as well. Muse also just launched a pioneer product analyzing brain activity and blood-oxygen levels.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Imagine a wearable device that warns you if you’re overheating while outside.

It’s a technology that could transform working environments for those in construction, farming, and even for people playing outdoor sports.

That’s exactly what a team of researchers at Emory University and Georgia Tech is working on.

One of the leaders behind the research is Roxana Chicas, an assistant professor of nursing at Emory University.

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The daughter of immigrants from El Salvador, she says she grew up watching family members suffer while working outside in the heat, an experience that has fueled her passion to find a solution.

“I knew a farmworker who fainted in the field from heat exhaustion, only to be run over by a tractor-trailer… so I knew this was a big problem for outdoor workers,” said Chicas.

The multi-sensor biopatch sends information to a smartphone or other device about important health markers like skin hydration and body temperature.

“The idea is that it could sound an alarm or verbally say, ‘It’s time for you to take a break,’ or, ‘You need to cool down,’” explained Chicas.

She says the device is designed to prevent heat-related illness—or even death—from happening.

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“Agricultural workers have the highest rate of heat-related mortality. They’re 35 times more likely to suffer a heat-related death than any other occupation, followed by construction workers, who are 13 times more likely,” said Chicas.

The Emory scientist says that while she’s primarily tested the device on workers in the farming industry, she believes it could impact other vulnerable populations outdoors as well.

“I think the biopatch could be applicable to many other populations, like older adults and athletes…so I think it has the potential to make a significant impact on the general population,” said Chicas.

She said the goal is for the device to eventually reach the commercial market, and she’s hopeful that could happen within the next two years.

The project is being funded in part by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, which awarded the researchers a $2.46 million grant last year.

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Last year was the year of the best smart rings, and 2025 is shaping up to be another interesting one in the world of wearables – and we discuss that and lots more on the latest episode of the TechRadar podcast.

From the scramble to find the next ‘it’ form factor in the wearables space to the race for AI feature supremacy, there’s plenty to talk about, and we’re particularly interested in some of the new devices we’ve seen this year, like the Garmin Venu X1 and Samsung Galaxy Watch 8.

Imagine a device on your wrist that tracks your heart rhythm with clinical-grade accuracy, answers calls while you swim, or translates languages in real-time during business trips. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the reality shaped by Huawei Watch innovations. As a pioneer in wearable technology, Huawei has transformed smartwatches from basic step counters into indispensable health guardians and lifestyle companions. With over 100 million global shipments reported in 2023 (Counterpoint Research), Huawei ranks among the world’s top three wearable brands, challenging industry giants through relentless R&D and user-centric design. Their reputation for cutting-edge sensors, marathon-grade battery life, and elegant cross-platform compatibility has earned unprecedented consumer trust, particularly in Europe and Asia-Pacific markets where they dominate premium segments. This deep dive explores how Huawei Watch became synonymous with the wearable revolution.

Huawei Watch: Origins and Rise to Global Dominance

Founded in 1987, Huawei entered wearables decades later but with disruptive force. Their 2015 debut Huawei Watch stunned critics with its luxury aesthetics – featuring sapphire crystal and stainless steel in an era dominated by plastic fitness bands. This established a critical precedent: wearables could be both technologically advanced and fashion-forward. A pivotal milestone came in 2018 with the Huawei Watch GT series. By developing their proprietary LiteOS (replacing Google’s Wear OS), Huawei solved the industry’s Achilles’ heel: battery life. While competitors struggled beyond 24 hours, the Watch GT delivered two weeks of operation – a revelation documented in CNET’s hands-on review.

Strategic partnerships accelerated their ascent. Collaborations with luxury brand TAG Heuer (2018) and audio leader Devialet (2020) fused high fashion and acoustics into wearables. Simultaneously, Huawei invested heavily in health research, partnering with over 100 hospitals globally, including Beijing’s 301 Hospital, to clinically validate heart rate, SpO2, and sleep apnea monitoring. This foundation in medical credibility proved prescient during the pandemic, as consumers prioritized health tracking. By 2022, Huawei captured 30% of China’s smartwatch market (IDC) and became Europe’s #2 wearable brand, proving their global recognition wasn’t just hype but a testament to solving real user pain points.

Engineering the Future: Breakthrough Technologies Defining Huawei Watches

Huawei doesn’t follow trends – it invents them. Their wearables integrate three revolutionary technologies that set industry benchmarks:

1. TruSeen™ Physiological Monitoring: Co-developed with Harvard Medical School researchers, this AI-powered platform evolved through 8 generations. TruSeen™ 8.0 (2023) uses multi-wavelength sensors and deep learning algorithms to enable hospital-grade ECG analysis, arterial stiffness detection, and overnight breathing monitoring. Unlike optical-only competitors, Huawei combines green LEDs, red LEDs, infrared, and accelerometers for ±2% blood oxygen accuracy – a critical margin for health diagnostics.
2. HarmonyOS Ecosystem: Huawei’s operating system is their secret weapon. Designed for cross-device synergy, it lets watches seamlessly control Huawei TVs, phones, or earbuds. The distributed capability allows tasks like navigation to transfer from watch to car dashboard mid-journey. For developers, HarmonyOS’s open-source framework (OpenHarmony) spurred 2.3 million third-party apps by 2024.
3. Ultra-Long Endurance Architecture: Huawei’s chipset-team engineered the exclusive Huawei Watch energy management system. The dual-chip design (Apollo + Ares) splits high/low-power tasks. Combined with AI-driven battery optimization, watches like the GT 4 achieve 14 days per charge – even with always-on displays. Recent models add solar charging (Watch Ultimate) gaining 3 days from 60 minutes outdoors.

These innovations yielded 2,500+ wearable patents by 2024 (World Intellectual Property Organization). Huawei’s R&D focus remains uncompromising: 22.4% of 2023 revenue ($22.4 billion) was reinvested in development.

Global Influence: Strategic Expansion and Market Disruption

Huawei’s global playbook combines localized marketing with surgical tech deployments. While Western brands prioritized North America, Huawei targeted Europe first. Sponsorships like the Porsche Design partnership and Ambassadorships with footballer Lionel Messi cultivated premium appeal. Simultaneously, they flooded emerging markets with affordable gems like the Watch Fit (under $99), featuring animated workouts and menstrual tracking – addressing gaps competitors ignored.

Their international influence is most evident in healthcare expansion. Huawei’s Research app now aggregates anonymized data from 8 million+ users across 170 countries, collaborating with institutions like the European Society of Cardiology. This crowdsourced data trains AI models predicting hypertension risks – a feature cleared as a Class IIa medical device in Europe. In Southeast Asia, Huawei partnered with governments on diabetes prevention programs using watch glucose trends. Such initiatives built unprecedented trust, translating to market share: Huawei holds 40% of Russia’s wearables and 29% of Spain’s as of Q1 2024 (Statista).

Trust Through Tangible Results: Why Users Stay Loyal

Huawei cultivates loyalty not through hype, but demonstrable value. Their 2023 Global Satisfaction Survey revealed 92% of Watch GT users cited “accuracy” and “battery life” as primary retention drivers. Medical communities validate this: A 2022 Oxford University study found Huawei’s atrial fibrillation detection matched dedicated medical devices in 94% of cases.

Community engagement is equally strategic. The Huawei Health app integrates social challenges, personalized coaching, and data sharing with family doctors – creating sticky ecosystems. When combined with aggressive warranty policies (3 years in the EU) and free software upgrades (older Watches still receive features via OTA updates), Huawei transforms users into advocates. This virtuous cycle fuels their 58% repeat purchase rate – the industry’s highest (Strategy Analytics).

Sustainable Innovation: Ethics Woven Into Engineering

Beyond profit, Huawei embeds responsibility into its DNA. Their 2025 Sustainability Goals mandate carbon-neutral watches by utilizing:

• Recycled stainless steel (Watch GT 4)
• Ocean-bound plastics (Watch Fit 3 bands)
• Solar charging tech reducing charger waste

Their “Green Packaging 2.0” initiative eliminated 1,800 tons of plastic by replacing boxes with sugarcane fiber molds. Socially, Huawei’s “StorySign” app (integrated with Watches) translates children’s books into sign language, supporting deaf literacy globally. Such initiatives align with UN SDGs while resonating deeply with eco-conscious Gen Z buyers.

The Horizon: What’s Next for Huawei Watches?

Huawei’s roadmap reveals three audacious frontiers:

1. Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring: Patent filings indicate laser spectroscopy sensors detecting blood sugar without needles – potentially revolutionizing diabetes care.
2. Mental Health AI: Partnerships with Calm and Headspace aim to correlate stress biomarkers (skin temperature, HRV) with guided cognitive therapy.
3. Satellite Connectivity: Following the Watch Ultimate’s two-way satellite messaging, future models may integrate direct emergency SOS and navigation – transforming adventurer safety.

Analysts predict HarmonyOS will soon run natively on watches without phones, leveraging on-device AI. As Huawei’s Consumer CEO Yu Chengdong declared: “Wearables will become your second brain – anticipating needs before you voice them.” With 15 R&D centers worldwide and 55% of engineers focused on wearables, Huawei’s pipeline ensures they’ll remain at the revolution’s forefront.

From luxury timepieces to life-saving health guardians, Huawei Watch innovations prove technology’s highest purpose is empowering human potential – one pulse, one innovation, one wrist at a time.

FAQs: Huawei Watch Innovations

Q: How accurate are Huawei Watch health metrics compared to medical devices?
A: Huawei’s TruSeen™ sensors undergo clinical validation. ECG accuracy is FDA-cleared and CE-certified, while SpO2 tracking aligns with ISO 80601-2-61 standards. Ongoing studies with institutions like Johns Hopkins University confirm reliability for fitness and preventive health use, though they don’t replace professional diagnostics.

Q: Can Huawei Watches work with iPhones or non-Huawei Android phones?
A: Yes. Recent models (Watch GT 4, Watch Ultimate) fully pair with iOS via the Huawei Health app, supporting notifications, workout tracking, and music control. Android compatibility is even more robust, though HarmonyOS-exclusive features like gesture controls require Huawei phones.

Q: What makes Huawei’s battery life superior to competitors?
A: Three innovations: 1) Power-efficient LiteOS (not Android-based), 2) Dual-chip architecture isolating high/low-power tasks, 3) AI algorithms deactivating unused sensors. Result: 7–21 days per charge versus 1–3 days for Wear OS watches.

Q: Are Huawei Watches suitable for professional sports training?
A: Absolutely. The Watch GT Runner includes VO2 max tracking, recovery advisors, and race-pace predictors validated by marathoners. The Watch Ultimate adds 100m water resistance and golf swing analysis – features trusted by athletes in our sports tech reviews.

Q: How does Huawei address privacy with sensitive health data?
A: Data is encrypted end-to-end and stored locally unless users opt into cloud backup. Huawei adheres to GDPR and region-specific laws – health data never leaves your device without explicit consent. Their Security Center transparency report details compliance.

Q: Will Huawei Watches get future software updates?
A: Huawei commits to 3+ years of feature and security updates. Older models like 2019’s Watch GT 2 still receive enhancements, demonstrating exceptional software support longevity in the wearable industry.

Disclaimer: This article provides independently researched information about Huawei’s wearable technology. Product specifications and features may vary by region and are subject to change. Health metrics from wearables are for general wellness insight only and not medical diagnoses. Always consult healthcare professionals for health concerns.

The wearable is equipped with a 1.43-inch AMOLED display that will allow for intuitive access to the interface for tracking workouts or simply staying up-to-date with incoming smartphone notifications. The watch supports 131 sports modes and is rated to support up to 13 days of use, while recharging can be done in 99-minutes.

The Nothing CMF Watch 3 Pro smartwatch is outfitted with a wide range of health sensors for SpO₂, heart rate, accelerometer, ambient light and gyroscope tracking. Priced at $99, the watch comes in three color options.