Smart-ring maker Oura said on 5 March 2026 that it was acquiring Doublepoint, a Helsinki-based startup that uses AI and biometric data to let people control devices with small, natural hand movements.
The companies did not disclose the price or other terms. Oura said it planned to use Doublepoint's technology to add gesture controls to its rings.
Doublepoint's team of AI architects and engineers, including its four founders, is joining Oura. The team will stay mainly in Helsinki and work with Oura staff in other countries. It is Oura's fourth acquisition, after health-tracking company Sparta Science, metabolic health startup Veri and digital identity company Proxy.
What Doublepoint built
Doublepoint was founded in 2020 by Ohto Pentikäinen, Jamin Hu, Lauri Tuominen and Eemil Visakorpi, according to Silicon Canals. Pentikäinen was chief executive at the time of the sale. Oura described it as a privately held company.
Its software interprets small hand movements, such as a pinch, using motion sensors already found in wearables. Its first product was a machine-learning algorithm that detects micro-gestures from smartwatch sensors, and it offered a free software development kit that turns existing smartwatches into input devices. In January 2025, TechCrunch reported that Doublepoint had released a free Apple Watch app for controlling devices with hand gestures.
Paired with eye tracking, the technology lets a user look at an item and pinch to select it. Doublepoint also showed smartwatches being used as remote controls for connected devices, for example to switch lights on and off, adjust music or change TV channels, Athletech News reported.
“As we continue to build the next era of Oura, strategic acquisitions play a key role in accelerating our growth and expanding what our devices and platform can do.”
Why Oura is buying
Oura said it believes the next phase of wearable AI will be driven by a combination of voice and gestures, and that Doublepoint's technology, layered on the ring's continuous sensing, could support features that work in the background of daily life. Oura says it has more than a decade of experience in AI-based physiological modelling and personalised health insights.
Chief executive Tom Hale said acquisitions play a key role in speeding up Oura's growth and expanding what its devices and platform can do. He also said the deal strengthened Oura's long-term commitment to growing in Finland.
Doublepoint co-founder and chief executive Ohto Pentikäinen said the company had always focused on building gesture recognition that feels effortless, and that joining Oura would let the team bring its technology to a much larger audience and work towards more personal and responsive computing.
The funding
Doublepoint raised about €3 million (about $3.3 million) in seed funding from FOV Ventures, Superangel and Superhero Capital, according to Silicon Canals and CB Insights. CB Insights dates the seed round to May 2023. No later round has been reported, and the company did not disclose its headcount.
A growing smart-ring market
Oura was most recently valued at about $11 billion, in the autumn of 2025. It has sold more than 5.5 million rings, up from the 2.5 million it reported in June 2024, and forecasts sales of more than $1.5 billion in 2026, TechCrunch reported.
Smart-ring shipments rose by nearly 51% in 2025, according to research firm IDC, with Oura leading the category. The company has also worked with the US Department of Defense since 2019 and plans to open a manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2026 to serve that customer, Athletech News reported.
Oura also partners with Fullscript, a platform used by more than 125,000 healthcare providers, to give clinicians access to ring data, and it has deployed tens of thousands of rings across all branches of the US armed services, according to Athletech News.
Doublepoint is Oura's second purchase of a Helsinki company, after Veri. Oura did not say when gesture controls would reach its rings or whether Doublepoint's existing smartwatch software would remain available.
