# Will Ahmed

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Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Will Ahmed (Founder & CEO, WHOOP) talking, from an interview on Inside Blackstone published Sep 15, 2026.

- Role: Founder & CEO, WHOOP
- About: Founded WHOOP as a Harvard student; the health wearable tracks strain, recovery and sleep.
- On X: https://x.com/willahmed

## What Will Ahmed said

- [Ahmed saw wearables bringing computers onto the body](https://realalpha.app/s/ahmed-saw-wearables-bringing-computers-onto-the-body/)
  Inside Blackstone · Sep 15, 2026 · 3 min
  > “And I thought eventually they would be on your body.” — Will Ahmed · [9:06](https://realalpha.app/v/7tVVtGkFrfQ/?t=546)
- [WHOOP’s membership pivot turned engagement into recurring revenue](https://realalpha.app/s/whoops-membership-pivot-turned-engagement-into-recurring/)
  Inside Blackstone · Sep 15, 2026 · 3 min
  > “Sometimes when things are really broken, it allows you to just reinvent it. And so that's when we came up with this idea of WHOOP as a membership.” — Will Ahmed · [13:11](https://realalpha.app/v/7tVVtGkFrfQ/?t=791)
- [Ahmed says health AI’s advantage depends on access to data](https://realalpha.app/s/ahmed-says-health-ais-advantage-depends-on-access-to-data/)
  Inside Blackstone · Sep 15, 2026 · 4 min
  > “One of the most interesting things with AI in general, but I think is particularly true of healthcare, is who has the data. It's all about the data” — Will Ahmed · [17:46](https://realalpha.app/v/7tVVtGkFrfQ/?t=1066)
- [WHOOP's FDA dispute hinged on whether its feature made a diagnosis](https://realalpha.app/s/whoops-fda-dispute-hinged-on-whether-its-feature-made-a/)
  Inside Blackstone · Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min
  > “if a product is not providing a medical diagnosis, the FDA actually should not be regulating it as a medical device.” — Will Ahmed · [15:31](https://realalpha.app/v/7tVVtGkFrfQ/?t=931)

## The episode

- [WHOOP Founder Will Ahmed: The Body as Data, Sleep Science & the Future of Healthcare](https://realalpha.app/v/7tVVtGkFrfQ/) · Inside Blackstone · Sep 15, 2026