Smart ring maker Ōura is acquiring Doublepoint, a privately held Helsinki‑based company that specialises in AI‑driven, biometric, gesture recognition technology to control devices with simple, natural movements.

Founded in 2020, Doublepoint should strengthen Ōura’s long-term innovation roadmap, supporting future offerings while advancing more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology in their everyday lives.

With this acquisition, Ōura is gaining a team of AI architects and builders, including Doublepoint’s four founders. This team pioneered biometrics-based interaction for computing platforms, and they will help design and ship AI-led experiences. The team will be primarily based in Helsinki, working closely with Ōura teams around the world.

“As we continue to build the next era of Ōura, strategic acquisitions play a key role in accelerating our growth and expanding what our devices and platform can do,” said Tom Hale, CEO of Finland-based Ōura. “Welcoming the Doublepoint team into Ōura strengthens our bench with world-class talent, reinforces our long-term commitment to growing in Finland, and helps us move even faster to deliver intuitive, human-first experiences for our members across devices, services and environments.”

Doublepoint’s technology helps devices understand small hand movements, so interactions feel faster and more natural across different interfaces. When layered on top of Ōura’s continuous sensing and insights, it enables the creation of new kinds of quiet, helpful features that work in the background and make everyday life a little easier.

“From the beginning, Doublepoint has focused on building gesture-recognition technology that feels effortless and human,” said Ohto Pentikäinen, Doublepoint (www.doublepoint.com) co-founder and CEO. “Ōura has proven that people are eager for technology that helps them better understand themselves without adding friction to their lives. Joining forces with Ōura will allow us to bring our capabilities to a much broader audience and accelerate a shared vision for more personal, adaptive and responsive computing experiences.”

With more than a decade of experience in AI-powered physiological modelling and personalised insights, Ōura is building on its foundation in sleep, recovery and overall health while expanding into categories and use cases through this acquisition. Ōura believes the next phase of wearable AI will be powered by a combination of voice and gestures, and Doublepoint’s expertise in AI, biometrics and human-computer interaction complements Ōura’s work in preventative health and accelerates its ability to power a broader ecosystem of ambient, privacy-first AI experiences. Together, this should help people navigate their health, environment and everyday interactions in a more natural and intuitive way.

Ōura is building a team to expand innovation in wearables. This marks its fourth acquisition after Sparta Science, Veri (also founded in Helsinki) and Proxy. Ōura (ouraring.com) was most recently valued at $11bn and is continuing to scale its member base having sold more than 5.5 million rings.