When Tom Hale joined Aura as CEO in spring 2022, the company had a few hundred employees and was largely based in Finland.

Upon becoming CEO of Aura, Tom Hale's primary focus was to integrate the company's health-focused mission with the financial imperative of building a profitable business.

Since Tom Hale became CEO in 2022, Aura has increased its total sales from one million rings to over two and a half million.

Aura employs a science team of over 30 PhDs specializing in fields such as physics of light, physiology, and biomechanics.

The Aura Ring's "readiness" score is a metric from 1 to 100 that uses biometric data from the previous night to predict a user's performance capacity for the upcoming day.

The Aura Ring personalizes its health insights by establishing a user's physiological baseline during the first two weeks of use.

Although not classified as a medical device, Aura aspires for its products to meet or exceed the accuracy and quality standards of clinical-grade medical devices.

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Enabling customers to purchase the Aura Ring with Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) funds was a significant growth catalyst for the company.

Aura's subscription service is priced at $6 per month.

Aura's competitive moat is based on its comfortable ring form factor, long battery life, and superior biometric accuracy from measuring on the finger rather than the wrist.

Tom Hale believes that in the future, every person will have a wearable device on their body to measure their health, guided by machine intelligence.

Aura's partnership with Natural Cycles provides users with features for fertility tracking and non-hormonal birth control.

Aura differentiates from competitors like Apple, Samsung, and Whoop by focusing on holistic, long-term health rather than just fitness.

Aura's expansion from a direct-to-consumer model into major retail partners like Target, Best Buy, and Amazon was a key driver of its growth.

Aura's collaboration with Gucci on a special edition ring, priced at 1,000 euros, sold out its initial production run in five weeks.

Aura has grown its business by over 100% for two consecutive years and has become profitable.

Aura utilizes a customer feedback group called the "inner circle," comprising 2,000 users who test new features and provide rapid feedback.