The sleep-fitness brand transforming beds into preventative health devices lands $100 million in new funding.WHO: Founded in 2014, Eight Sleep brings sleep fitness to the world by combining technology, physiology, and data to unlock deeper sleep and better health. Its products integrate software and AI to track and enhance sleep quality. Its flagship product, Pod, offers features like measuring sleep stages, heart rate, breathing patterns, and movement. Using these insights, it automatically adjusts temperature, elevation, and firmness. It can also detect snoring and automatically elevate the base in response, according to the company. WHY: The company will use the funding to fuel its AI roadmap, starting with the development of the world’s first Sleep Agent, moving beyond reactive tracking into proactive, simulated intervention, bringing true intelligence to the sleep environment. The fresh capital will also support entry into the medical space and targeting FDA approval for certain applications.IN THEIR OWN WORDS: “Eight Sleep has developed a turn-key solution for sleep and health optimization: hardware, software, AI, and consumer goods that dynamically adjust around each person’s needs,” said Matteo Franceschetti, co‑founder and CEO of Eight Sleep. “This new funding enables us to accelerate the deployment of AI for sleep optimization, expand into medical applications like menopausal sleep and sleep apnea, and bring our technology to millions of people around the world.” He continued, "We’re creating digital twins of your sleep physiology to simulate, test, and personalize your recovery before you even close your eyes.