In November 2026, San Francisco-based voice artificial intelligence developer Ellipsis Health completed the acquisition of New York-based care navigation startup Kouper Health for an undisclosed valuation. The transaction represents an operational transition within digital health: the migration of conversational voice AI from standalone acoustic observation into closed-loop, deterministic execution across clinical workflows.

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