What podcasts say about Will Ahmed
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What Will Ahmed has said on podcasts
31 statements · 24 positive · 6 negative · 1 neutral
Whoop has over 50 billion hours of physiological data, making it one of the world’s largest health datasets.
“We have just over 50 billion hours of continuous physiological data. So it's one of the largest health data sets in the world.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 0:05
Physiological signals may predict abnormal biomarkers without directly measuring those biomarkers.
“Through physiological signals, we might be able to predict that a biomarker is out of range without actually measuring the biomarker itself.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 0:27
Whoop expects to end the year with approximately four million members.
“expect to end the year around 4 million members.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 2:23
Whoop’s subscription model immediately drove substantial growth in 2018 and 2019.
“that immediately created all kinds of growth for Whoop back in 2018 and 19.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 4:19
Whoop intends to launch hardware only when it is substantially more innovative.
“We want to launch hardware when it's really innovative and it's a step function better.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 5:57
Whoop’s existing hardware supports ECG, AFib detection, labs, health-span, and daily blood-pressure features.
“ECG monitoring or AFib detection or advanced labs, which is now the blood work feature that we have in the app or health span, which tells you your whoop age and is a whole longevity feature. Blood pressure insights, which is a new capability that allows people to look at their blood pressure every day.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 6:14
A two-breath increase in respiratory rate is meaningful because respiratory rate normally changes little.
“when your respiratory rate is elevated by two breaths like that, that's actually pretty meaningful because respiratory rate is normally a very boring statistic. It normally doesn't change at all.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 10:48
- on Whoop sleeping heart-rate signal and Hodgkin lymphomaNegativeOct 29, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
A member’s abnormal sleeping heart rate preceded diagnosis of stage-four Hodgkin lymphoma.
“Someone with a resting heart rate of 50 beats per minute getting a heart rate of 120, 130 while he's sleeping. And he goes in to see the doctor and they do some tests and sure enough, stage four Hodgkin lymphoma.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 13:39
Greater heart-rate variability indicates healthier overall system operation.
“the more variability in time between successive beats of the heart, the healthier your overall system is operating.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 14:34
Whoop measures heart-rate variability continuously.
“we're measuring heart rate variability 24-7.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 15:27
Heart-rate variability is an important indicator of longevity.
“It's a really important longevity indicator.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 16:12
Maintaining heart-rate variability over years signals good fitness and longevity.
“if you can fight that trend, that those averages and keep your heart rate variability even just flat over years, that's actually a sign of good fitness, good longevity.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 16:36
The average Whoop member wears the device 23.6 hours daily.
“On average, a WHOOP member wears WHOOP 23.6 hours a day.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 19:14
- on Whoop physiological data modelsPositiveOct 29, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Whoop may predict abnormal biomarkers without directly measuring them.
“we might be able to predict that a biomarker is out of range without actually measuring the biomarker itself.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 20:26
Whoop could identify likely high cortisol and recommend a targeted test.
“we think you have high cortisol, you should get this one test.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 20:38
Whoop’s AI coach will be an important part of the company’s future.
“the AI coach is a big part of that. And it's a big part of our future.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 22:55
More than half of Whoop members journal daily.
“Just over 50% of our members journal every day.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 23:43
Eating within three hours of bedtime harms sleep and recovery across the observed population.
“eating within three hours of bedtime, we've now seen across the entire population, is really detrimental to your sleep and your recovery.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 28:01
Whoop invented its stress score.
“The stress score itself is something that we invented.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 29:42
People taking GLP-1 drugs typically lose approximately equal amounts of fat and muscle.
“typically speaking, about 50% of the weight that someone loses is fat and 50% muscle.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 33:07
Whoop’s blood-pressure insights feature remains available to consumers.
“our blood pressure insights feature is still available for consumers.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 40:33
Whoop’s wrist ECG feature is FDA-cleared under the 510(k) pathway.
“we have these conversations with the FDA across a lot of different categories. WHOOP also has medical clearances from the FDA. So our ECG feature, where you can literally do an ECG from your wrist by just putting your fingers on the WHOOP, that's an FDA-cleared product, 510K.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 40:39
Whoop does not sell user data.
“we do not sell data.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 42:52
Many companies have struggled to build screenless or other wearable products.
“a lot of companies have entered our space and had challenges with the screenless wearable or other wearable products.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 44:03
Daily cold showers lasting 30–60 seconds will make people feel better.
“it's something that people can do every day. And you do it for even 30 seconds, 60 seconds. You're just going to feel a lot better.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 45:11
People should prioritize weightlifting over elliptical exercise when time is limited.
“everyone should be lifting more weights and probably doing, you know, if they have an hour to exercise, they should spend more time lifting and less time on an elliptical.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 45:53
Muscle mass is an important indicator of longevity.
“your muscle mass is such an important test for longevity.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 46:05
People running tech companies should use a fixed wake-up time rather than recovery-based alarms.
“If you're on vacation, you can go with recovery or sleep. But if you're trying to run a tech company, you better pick an exact time.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 46:31
- on LeBron James–Whoop ambassadorshipPositiveOct 29, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
LeBron James has become a global ambassador for Whoop.
“LeBron James is now a global ambassador for Whoop.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 47:43
Companies should prioritize authentic product adoption over paying users to promote products.
“You want people to love your product authentically.”
Open the episode · WHOOP CEO, Will Ahmed: 50B Hours of Health Data, a 4 Million Member Data Moat, & the FDA FightListen at 49:31
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