{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"146463","rtpr_id":"nPn8LXpwQa-20260917","ticker":"VPI","exchange":"","all_tickers":["VPI"],"title":"Vitality and Google Expand Technology Partnership to Bring AI-Driven Health Platform to the United States to Incentivize Healthier Behaviors","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-17T13:00:01.610Z","article_body":"Vitality and Google Expand Technology Partnership to Bring AI-Driven Health Platform to the United States to Incentivize Healthier Behaviors\nPR Newswire\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026\n\nVitality AI, built on Google Cloud and using Gemini Enterprise, expands into\nthe U.S. market — bringing proven personalized health recommendations,\ncoaching, and incentives to health plans and employers at scale\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitality, a global leader in\nbehavioral change across insurance and health plans, in partnership with\nGoogle, today announced the extension of Vitality AI into the United States.\nBuilt on Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise, the platform is already\ndelivering measurable results internationally addressing one of healthcare's\nmost persistent challenges: helping people take meaningful action to improve\ntheir health.\n\nThe expansion comes as U.S. employers face mounting employee health benefit\ncosts, health plans experience low engagement, and people struggle to navigate\ncomplex healthcare systems. Vitality AI delivers a solution through\npersonalized recommendations, coaching, and incentives to generate long-term\nhealthier behaviors.\n\nVitality AI uses Google Cloud's leading AI and data analytics technologies,\nincluding Gemini Enterprise and Google's Gemini models, coupled with\nVitality's dataset of more than 2,800 unique health and behavioral dimensions.\nBy analyzing an individual's health profile, lifestyle, and risk factors,\nVitality AI generates personalized insights at a 99.2% accuracy rate based on\nphysicians' review.*\n\nEngagement driven clinical and behavioral outcomes of Vitality AI\n\nVitality AI's personalized incentives have delivered measurable clinical and\nfinancial impact across international markets to date:\n\n * Engagement and incentive effectiveness\n* Members receiving personalized, AI-driven recommendations were 3.3 times\nmore\nlikely to complete a mental wellbeing assessment, 2.7 times more likely to\ncomplete an online health review, and 1.4 times more likely to complete a\ncolorectal cancer screening.*\n * 97% of members found their personalized AI reports useful, rating their\nlikelihood of acting on the AI's recommendations at 8.8 out of 10 – which\nrose to 9.32 out of 10 when localized incentives were added.*\n * Physical activity, sleep, and wellbeing\n* High-BMI participants achieved a 200%+ increase in physical activity after\nenrollment on Vitality AI.***\n * Members who completed the personalized steps program sustained an average 40%\nimprovement in their daily step counts.****\n * Participants who improved their sleep habits gained an average of 2+ hours of\nadditional sleep per week, which was associated with 5% lower in-hospital\nclaims.*****\n * 87% of coaching participants presenting with extreme stress reported a\nmeasurable improvement in their overall wellbeing.***\n * Preventative care and early detection\n* Recommending and incentivizing cancer screenings led to an estimated 23,302\nadditional screenings in 2025, resulting in 219 early detections and an\nestimated six deaths prevented.******\n * Low-cost, targeted rewards proved highly effective – a $31 incentive\nincreased the likelihood of cholesterol testing by 52%, while rewards ranging\nfrom $19 to $45 drove similar increases for pap smears, mammograms, and\ncolorectal screenings.******\nDriving measurable returns for health payers, employers and insurers\n\nFor health payers, employers and insurers, Vitality AI delivers a clear,\nevidence-based financial case driven by sustained behavior change at scale –\nachieved through Google's Gemini models and Vitality's longitudinal dataset:\n\n * Return on investment: Engaged clients experience a 4% reduction in healthcare\nclaims costs on average, delivering a 180% return on investment.***\n * Reduced risk: The financial benefit increases with employee participation;\nmembers who achieve a higher Vitality Status demonstrate 15% lower\nrisk-adjusted claims costs.***\n * Workplace productivity gains: The platform recovers an average of 4.4\nproductive days per employee per year, equivalent to annual savings of $1,047\nper employee.***\nEmile Stipp, CEO of Vitality AI, said: \"Through our partnership with Google,\nwe've shown that AI's impact on health care is no longer a promise – but a\nproven differentiator. We've seen members take screenings they would have\nskipped, build and sustain healthy habits, and reduce costs. Extending\nVitality AI into the U.S. brings that proof to millions more.\"\n\nMaureen Costello, Vice President, UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa, Google\nCloud, said: \"Having seen the impact of our partnership firsthand across\nmultiple markets, we are thrilled to support Vitality in expanding this\nproven, AI-powered platform within the U.S. market. Vitality is delivering the\nlevel of personalization needed to drive real, measurable health outcomes. We\nare proud to expand this partnership to help U.S. employers and other members\nproactively engage with their health. Today's announcement marks the next step\nin Vitality's partnership with Google, with a goal of extending life\nexpectancy and reducing healthcare-associated costs across the U.S.\"\n\nThe U.S. health gap\n\nThe U.S. expansion of Vitality AI directly addresses the mounting costs and\nnavigation complexities that people are facing. For employers and their\nworkforce in particular, data shows:\n\n * Benefits complexity: 41% of U.S. employees struggle to navigate their health\nbenefits and digital health tools.**\n * Delayed care: Over half (53%) of workers have delayed or avoided preventative\nhealthcare due to cost, and 49% say they have difficulty navigating the\nhealthcare and insurance system.**\n * Mental health barriers: 69% of employees report that workplace stress affects\nthem; only 26% feel they face no barriers to discussing mental health with\ntheir employer.**\nNotes to Editors\n\n * Vitality's U.S business: Vitality's U.S business has seen strong momentum,\nincluding\nU.S.\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=1694705783&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdiscovery-holdings-ltd.mynewsdesk.com%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747520527%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DNsETktl0FjzJynlDs4ZPCRryUTkOZZzWVLfDnZINIcA%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=U.S.+)\n\nannual r\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=3823743013&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.discovery.co.za%252Fcorporate%252Fnews-room%2523%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747568824%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DhGuMt3XWkWE1WFJNarzhMA8xanl9qSVZeJNMLYBZxqg%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=annual+r)\n\nevenue growth of 22% year-over-year\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=3627226863&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdiscovery-holdings-ltd.mynewsdesk.com%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747607443%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D6eSX6ZeGm34GwPVetIvKFNoERKtYHWk%252FWUDxNyFU%252F4U%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=evenue+growth+of+22%25+year-over-year)\n\n and recent acquisitions of Icario, Ramp Health and WellSpark –\nsignificantly increasing the reach and services provided by Vitality.\n * Vitality AI is now live across Vitality and Discovery and in the UK, South\nAfrica and the United States. Since June 2025, more than 210,000 people in the\nU.S. have received an AI-driven personalized health action, and 54% have\ncompleted at least one AI-recommended health action from Vitality.\n * Vitality Status is the tiered reward and engagement framework used by the\nVitality Group to measure and incentivize healthy lifestyle choices. Members\nearn Vitality points by engaging in healthy behaviors to move through the\nstatuses, which are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum. People are incentivized to\nearn points or improve their status with a full range of rewards.\nAbout Vitality\n\nVitality is a global company operating in the insurance market, with presence\nin over 35 markets and impacting more than 54 million lives. Vitality\ntransforms insurance markets by integrating technology, actuarial science, and\nbehavioral insights to make people healthier and create shared value for\nclients, insurers, and society. They have a simple yet powerful core\npurpose: to make people healthier and enhance and protect their lives, and\nthis is done through a pioneering Shared Value Insurance model, which\naligns the interests of individuals, insurers, and society: when people become\nhealthier, everyone benefits.\n\nAbout Google Cloud\n\nGoogle Cloud offers a powerful, optimized AI stack—including AI\ninfrastructure, leading models like Gemini, data management capabilities,\nmulticloud security solutions, developer tools and platform, as well as agents\nand applications—that enables organizations to transform their business for\nthe Agentic Era. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to\nGoogle Cloud as their trusted technology partner.\n\nSources\n\n* Vitality data: 99.2% accuracy rate based on review of platform-generated\nreports by 686 physicians, tested on a cohort of more than 1,300 Discovery\nstaff. Next best action uplift figures (3.3x mental wellbeing assessments,\n2.7x online health reviews, 1.4x colorectal cancer screening) from Vitality\ndata.\n\n** Vitality, Opinium US polling data, August 2026: Online survey of 2,000 US\nworkers conducted by Opinium on behalf of Vitality.\n\n*** Vitality data, May 2026: 4% lower claims costs and 180% ROI independently\nreviewed by Arbital Health. 15% lower overall risk-adjusted claims cost for\nhigher Vitality Statuses independently endorsed by the Validation Institute.\n200%+ physical activity increase among high-BMI members, 87% stress\nimprovement among coaching participants, and 4.4 productive days saved per\nemployee per year (average saving of $1,047 per employee annually).\n\n**** Vitality data: members enrolled in the personalized steps program were\nassigned a starting step target based on their existing activity levels and\nprogressed upward using an algorithm calibrated to the pace at which each\nindividual could sustainably increase their habit. Members who completed\nthe program went from an average of approximately 4,900 steps per day\nbefore enrollment to sustaining 6,900 steps after graduating. Analysis is\nbased on a cohort of approximately 1,500 members who completed 5 or more weeks\nof the program.\n\n***** Vitality, Discovery data: Analysis of Vitality members tracked before\nand after the launch of the Vitality Sleep Rewards program over a four-month\nperiod. 19% of members improved their sleep habit, gaining an average of 19.8\nminutes of sleep per night (approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes per week).\nAnalysis of in-hospital claims found that maintaining a good sleep habit is\nassociated with 5% lower in-hospital claims and improving a sleep habit with\n7% lower in-hospital claims.\n\n****** Vitality, Discovery data: Personalized incentive and cancer screening\ndata from Vitality members. In 2025, it is estimated that recommending\nand incentivizing cancer screenings resulted in\n23,302 additional screenings, representing a 5.5% increase relative to\nthe historic trends, leading to 219 additional detections and an estimated\n6 deaths prevented. Analysis found that while larger rewards (up to $45)\nproduced the strongest behavioral response for some actions – a $31\nreward increased the likelihood of cholesterol testing by 52% relative to\nno reward – smaller rewards ($19–$25) were similarly effective at\ndriving cervical and colorectal cancer screening as well as emerging risk GP\nvisits, demonstrating that recommendation relevance and member targeting can\nbe as important as reward magnitude.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vitality-and-google-expand-technology-partnership-to-bring-ai-driven-health-platform-to-the-united-states-to-incentivize-healthier-behaviors-302881419.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vitality-and-google-expand-technology-partnership-to-bring-ai-driven-health-platform-to-the-united-states-to-incentivize-healthier-behaviors-302881419.html)\n\nSOURCE Google Cloud\n\n\n\npress@google.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1989993/Vitality-and-Google.jpg?id=OA2953547\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn8LXpwQa-20260917","title":"Vitality and Google Expand Technology Partnership to Bring AI-Driven Health Platform to the United States to Incentivize Healthier Behaviors","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"VPI","created":"2026-09-17T13:00:01.610Z","tickers":["VPI"],"exchange":"","article_body":"Vitality and Google Expand Technology Partnership to Bring AI-Driven Health Platform to the United States to Incentivize Healthier Behaviors\nPR Newswire\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026\n\nVitality AI, built on Google Cloud and using Gemini Enterprise, expands into\nthe U.S. market — bringing proven personalized health recommendations,\ncoaching, and incentives to health plans and employers at scale\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitality, a global leader in\nbehavioral change across insurance and health plans, in partnership with\nGoogle, today announced the extension of Vitality AI into the United States.\nBuilt on Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise, the platform is already\ndelivering measurable results internationally addressing one of healthcare's\nmost persistent challenges: helping people take meaningful action to improve\ntheir health.\n\nThe expansion comes as U.S. employers face mounting employee health benefit\ncosts, health plans experience low engagement, and people struggle to navigate\ncomplex healthcare systems. Vitality AI delivers a solution through\npersonalized recommendations, coaching, and incentives to generate long-term\nhealthier behaviors.\n\nVitality AI uses Google Cloud's leading AI and data analytics technologies,\nincluding Gemini Enterprise and Google's Gemini models, coupled with\nVitality's dataset of more than 2,800 unique health and behavioral dimensions.\nBy analyzing an individual's health profile, lifestyle, and risk factors,\nVitality AI generates personalized insights at a 99.2% accuracy rate based on\nphysicians' review.*\n\nEngagement driven clinical and behavioral outcomes of Vitality AI\n\nVitality AI's personalized incentives have delivered measurable clinical and\nfinancial impact across international markets to date:\n\n * Engagement and incentive effectiveness\n* Members receiving personalized, AI-driven recommendations were 3.3 times\nmore\nlikely to complete a mental wellbeing assessment, 2.7 times more likely to\ncomplete an online health review, and 1.4 times more likely to complete a\ncolorectal cancer screening.*\n * 97% of members found their personalized AI reports useful, rating their\nlikelihood of acting on the AI's recommendations at 8.8 out of 10 – which\nrose to 9.32 out of 10 when localized incentives were added.*\n * Physical activity, sleep, and wellbeing\n* High-BMI participants achieved a 200%+ increase in physical activity after\nenrollment on Vitality AI.***\n * Members who completed the personalized steps program sustained an average 40%\nimprovement in their daily step counts.****\n * Participants who improved their sleep habits gained an average of 2+ hours of\nadditional sleep per week, which was associated with 5% lower in-hospital\nclaims.*****\n * 87% of coaching participants presenting with extreme stress reported a\nmeasurable improvement in their overall wellbeing.***\n * Preventative care and early detection\n* Recommending and incentivizing cancer screenings led to an estimated 23,302\nadditional screenings in 2025, resulting in 219 early detections and an\nestimated six deaths prevented.******\n * Low-cost, targeted rewards proved highly effective – a $31 incentive\nincreased the likelihood of cholesterol testing by 52%, while rewards ranging\nfrom $19 to $45 drove similar increases for pap smears, mammograms, and\ncolorectal screenings.******\nDriving measurable returns for health payers, employers and insurers\n\nFor health payers, employers and insurers, Vitality AI delivers a clear,\nevidence-based financial case driven by sustained behavior change at scale –\nachieved through Google's Gemini models and Vitality's longitudinal dataset:\n\n * Return on investment: Engaged clients experience a 4% reduction in healthcare\nclaims costs on average, delivering a 180% return on investment.***\n * Reduced risk: The financial benefit increases with employee participation;\nmembers who achieve a higher Vitality Status demonstrate 15% lower\nrisk-adjusted claims costs.***\n * Workplace productivity gains: The platform recovers an average of 4.4\nproductive days per employee per year, equivalent to annual savings of $1,047\nper employee.***\nEmile Stipp, CEO of Vitality AI, said: \"Through our partnership with Google,\nwe've shown that AI's impact on health care is no longer a promise – but a\nproven differentiator. We've seen members take screenings they would have\nskipped, build and sustain healthy habits, and reduce costs. Extending\nVitality AI into the U.S. brings that proof to millions more.\"\n\nMaureen Costello, Vice President, UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa, Google\nCloud, said: \"Having seen the impact of our partnership firsthand across\nmultiple markets, we are thrilled to support Vitality in expanding this\nproven, AI-powered platform within the U.S. market. Vitality is delivering the\nlevel of personalization needed to drive real, measurable health outcomes. We\nare proud to expand this partnership to help U.S. employers and other members\nproactively engage with their health. Today's announcement marks the next step\nin Vitality's partnership with Google, with a goal of extending life\nexpectancy and reducing healthcare-associated costs across the U.S.\"\n\nThe U.S. health gap\n\nThe U.S. expansion of Vitality AI directly addresses the mounting costs and\nnavigation complexities that people are facing. For employers and their\nworkforce in particular, data shows:\n\n * Benefits complexity: 41% of U.S. employees struggle to navigate their health\nbenefits and digital health tools.**\n * Delayed care: Over half (53%) of workers have delayed or avoided preventative\nhealthcare due to cost, and 49% say they have difficulty navigating the\nhealthcare and insurance system.**\n * Mental health barriers: 69% of employees report that workplace stress affects\nthem; only 26% feel they face no barriers to discussing mental health with\ntheir employer.**\nNotes to Editors\n\n * Vitality's U.S business: Vitality's U.S business has seen strong momentum,\nincluding\nU.S.\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=1694705783&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdiscovery-holdings-ltd.mynewsdesk.com%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747520527%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DNsETktl0FjzJynlDs4ZPCRryUTkOZZzWVLfDnZINIcA%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=U.S.+)\n\nannual r\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=3823743013&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.discovery.co.za%252Fcorporate%252Fnews-room%2523%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747568824%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DhGuMt3XWkWE1WFJNarzhMA8xanl9qSVZeJNMLYBZxqg%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=annual+r)\n\nevenue growth of 22% year-over-year\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4776095-1&h=3627226863&u=https%3A%2F%2Feur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdiscovery-holdings-ltd.mynewsdesk.com%252Fpressreleases%252Fdiscovery-grows-operating-profit-17-percent-to-r17-dot-75bn-as-bank-drives-new-strategic-phase-3464509%26data%3D05%257C02%257CAlexa.Murray%2540vitality.co.uk%257C7a7d1cd2874a4b5893dc08df0e633e65%257Cb09d81ab595d4dcdab246a5656e18d89%257C0%257C0%257C639245491747607443%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D6eSX6ZeGm34GwPVetIvKFNoERKtYHWk%252FWUDxNyFU%252F4U%253D%26reserved%3D0&a=evenue+growth+of+22%25+year-over-year)\n\n and recent acquisitions of Icario, Ramp Health and WellSpark –\nsignificantly increasing the reach and services provided by Vitality.\n * Vitality AI is now live across Vitality and Discovery and in the UK, South\nAfrica and the United States. Since June 2025, more than 210,000 people in the\nU.S. have received an AI-driven personalized health action, and 54% have\ncompleted at least one AI-recommended health action from Vitality.\n * Vitality Status is the tiered reward and engagement framework used by the\nVitality Group to measure and incentivize healthy lifestyle choices. Members\nearn Vitality points by engaging in healthy behaviors to move through the\nstatuses, which are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum. People are incentivized to\nearn points or improve their status with a full range of rewards.\nAbout Vitality\n\nVitality is a global company operating in the insurance market, with presence\nin over 35 markets and impacting more than 54 million lives. Vitality\ntransforms insurance markets by integrating technology, actuarial science, and\nbehavioral insights to make people healthier and create shared value for\nclients, insurers, and society. They have a simple yet powerful core\npurpose: to make people healthier and enhance and protect their lives, and\nthis is done through a pioneering Shared Value Insurance model, which\naligns the interests of individuals, insurers, and society: when people become\nhealthier, everyone benefits.\n\nAbout Google Cloud\n\nGoogle Cloud offers a powerful, optimized AI stack—including AI\ninfrastructure, leading models like Gemini, data management capabilities,\nmulticloud security solutions, developer tools and platform, as well as agents\nand applications—that enables organizations to transform their business for\nthe Agentic Era. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to\nGoogle Cloud as their trusted technology partner.\n\nSources\n\n* Vitality data: 99.2% accuracy rate based on review of platform-generated\nreports by 686 physicians, tested on a cohort of more than 1,300 Discovery\nstaff. Next best action uplift figures (3.3x mental wellbeing assessments,\n2.7x online health reviews, 1.4x colorectal cancer screening) from Vitality\ndata.\n\n** Vitality, Opinium US polling data, August 2026: Online survey of 2,000 US\nworkers conducted by Opinium on behalf of Vitality.\n\n*** Vitality data, May 2026: 4% lower claims costs and 180% ROI independently\nreviewed by Arbital Health. 15% lower overall risk-adjusted claims cost for\nhigher Vitality Statuses independently endorsed by the Validation Institute.\n200%+ physical activity increase among high-BMI members, 87% stress\nimprovement among coaching participants, and 4.4 productive days saved per\nemployee per year (average saving of $1,047 per employee annually).\n\n**** Vitality data: members enrolled in the personalized steps program were\nassigned a starting step target based on their existing activity levels and\nprogressed upward using an algorithm calibrated to the pace at which each\nindividual could sustainably increase their habit. Members who completed\nthe program went from an average of approximately 4,900 steps per day\nbefore enrollment to sustaining 6,900 steps after graduating. Analysis is\nbased on a cohort of approximately 1,500 members who completed 5 or more weeks\nof the program.\n\n***** Vitality, Discovery data: Analysis of Vitality members tracked before\nand after the launch of the Vitality Sleep Rewards program over a four-month\nperiod. 19% of members improved their sleep habit, gaining an average of 19.8\nminutes of sleep per night (approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes per week).\nAnalysis of in-hospital claims found that maintaining a good sleep habit is\nassociated with 5% lower in-hospital claims and improving a sleep habit with\n7% lower in-hospital claims.\n\n****** Vitality, Discovery data: Personalized incentive and cancer screening\ndata from Vitality members. In 2025, it is estimated that recommending\nand incentivizing cancer screenings resulted in\n23,302 additional screenings, representing a 5.5% increase relative to\nthe historic trends, leading to 219 additional detections and an estimated\n6 deaths prevented. Analysis found that while larger rewards (up to $45)\nproduced the strongest behavioral response for some actions – a $31\nreward increased the likelihood of cholesterol testing by 52% relative to\nno reward – smaller rewards ($19–$25) were similarly effective at\ndriving cervical and colorectal cancer screening as well as emerging risk GP\nvisits, demonstrating that recommendation relevance and member targeting can\nbe as important as reward magnitude.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vitality-and-google-expand-technology-partnership-to-bring-ai-driven-health-platform-to-the-united-states-to-incentivize-healthier-behaviors-302881419.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vitality-and-google-expand-technology-partnership-to-bring-ai-driven-health-platform-to-the-united-states-to-incentivize-healthier-behaviors-302881419.html)\n\nSOURCE Google Cloud\n\n\n\npress@google.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1989993/Vitality-and-Google.jpg?id=OA2953547\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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