Cairns Health, a trailblazing healthcare technology company focused on radar-driven, AI-enabled monitoring and engagement solutions, is proud to announce that it has won the People’s Choice Award at the What's Next Longevity Venture Summit Business Plan Pitch Competition, held on June 10, 2025. This award, voted on by summit attendees, celebrates companies making a meaningful impact in the lives of older adults and their caregivers.
The People’s Choice Award highlights the work of companies that deeply resonate with real-world users, caregivers, and professionals. Cairns Health stood out for its thoughtful design, empowering approach to senior living, and commitment to enabling older adults to remain independent, connected, and cared for.
“We’re honored to be recognized by the people we ultimately serve,” said Andrew Ritter, CEO of Cairns Health. “This award is especially meaningful because it affirms the value of our work and it motivates us to keep building with compassion and care.”
Held annually, the What's Next Longevity Venture Summit Business Plan Pitch Competition recognizes innovative plans for products, services and technologies that enable quality-of-life improvements for older adults.
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About Cairns Health
Cairns Health’s (www.cairns.ai) is on a mission to make healthcare more accessible by simplifying complex care plans, connecting care teams, and supporting patients where they live. We do this through Luna, our patented intelligent ambient sensing + voice-based digital care companion. Luna combines contactless vital sign monitoring with real-time, personalized two-way voice interactions that foster caregiver-patient interactions, increases engagement, reinforces daily routines, keeps patients meaningfully connected to their caregivers and empowers patients with a deeper understanding of their care plans.
What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit
The What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit is the first, and one of the most significant, gathering of venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives focused on the longevity economy. Attracting more than 300 leaders in the fields of aging and health, it is the place where forward-thinking entrepreneurs and VCs meet to create innovative products and services for the global longevity marketplace.
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