This startup wants to turn your bed into a health lab. The company is eightsleep Founded in 2014 by alexzatarainj and matteofranceschetti, the idea is simple: We spend one third of our lives sleeping, yet almost no technology is optimizing it. Their product, the Pod, is a smart mattress cover that can: • Control bed temperature • Track sleep biometrics without wearables • Use AI to optimize sleep during the night But the bigger vision goes beyond mattresses. Eight Sleep believes sleep could become a health platform. Because during sleep the body is: • still • undisturbed • in a stable physiological state Which makes it the perfect time to collect high-quality health data. In the future that data could help: • detect disease early • optimize hormones • improve cognition • support longevity Investors are betting on the idea. Eight Sleep just raised an additional $50M and is valued at $1.5B. Because the real insight is this: It’s not a mattress company. It’s a sleep-based ...