Jason Calacanis interviews Whoop founder and CEO Will Ahmed on the company's growth, subscription model, features, FDA clash, and athlete partnerships. Whoop took 12 years to reach 1 million members and expects about 4 million by year-end. Calacanis shares how Whoop's metrics flagged a lung inflammation episode and COVID.
Key points: members wear Whoop 23.6 hours a day, producing over 50 billion hours of data now used to train in-house models. Ahmed says physiological signals may predict out-of-range biomarkers. The FDA sent a warning letter over Blood Pressure Insights, then updated guidance to allow wellness uses. Whoop doesn't sell data. LeBron James joins as global ambassador, followed by a lightning round and talk of late-stage syndicate investing.