
The capital infusion accelerates Garner Health’s push into the enterprise benefits market, where data‑driven provider matching can lower costs and improve employee health outcomes. Its unicorn valuation signals strong investor confidence in analytics‑powered health navigation solutions.
Garner Health’s latest funding round underscores a broader shift toward data‑centric solutions in employee health benefits. By aggregating claims data, utilization patterns, and provider performance metrics, the platform can recommend clinicians who balance cost, quality, and convenience. This analytical edge addresses a persistent pain point for employers: navigating fragmented provider networks while containing rising healthcare expenses.
The $118 million injection not only cements Garner’s unicorn status but also positions the company to scale its SaaS offering across larger corporate customers. With the capital, Garner can enhance its AI algorithms, integrate with existing HRIS and payroll systems, and expand its salesforce to target Fortune 500 firms. In a market where traditional health‑plan brokers dominate, a technology‑first approach promises faster onboarding, real‑time analytics, and measurable ROI for employers seeking to improve employee wellness and reduce claim volatility.
Investors’ enthusiasm reflects confidence in the scalability of analytics‑driven provider matching amid tightening employer budgets and heightened regulatory scrutiny. As more firms adopt value‑based care models, platforms like Garner Health could become essential intermediaries, translating complex health data into actionable recommendations. This momentum may spur further consolidation in the health‑tech space, prompting incumbents to either acquire similar capabilities or partner with innovators to stay competitive.
NYC‑based Garner Health, a data‑analytics platform that helps workers locate healthcare providers, announced a $118 million Series D financing round, bringing its valuation to $1.35 billion. The round was reported on February 11, 2026.
Source: Techmeme
Techmeme: NYC-based Garner Health, a platform using data analytics to help workers find healthcare providers, raised a $118M Series D at a $1.35B valuation (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
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[xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba is leaving xAI, the sixth co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts: more than half a dozen researchers left in recent weeks] — Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
More: [CNBC], [BleepingComputer], and [Business Insider]
X: [@graceihle], [@iscienceluvr], [@alexeheath], [@theandipenguin], [@yuchenj_uw], [@benhylak], [@hamandcheese], [@liuyunlong63318], [@chatgpt21], and [@dseetharaman]
Bluesky: [@wilkos] and [@seanokane]
More:
[CNBC]: [Musk's xAI loses second co-founder in two days]
Mayank Parmar / [BleepingComputer]: [Microsoft releases Windows 11 26H1 for select and upcoming CPUs]
Grace Kay / [Business Insider]: [Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours]
X:
Grace Kay / [@graceihle]: [Jimmy Ba is the second cofounder at xAI to announce he was leaving in less than 48 hours. He's also the fifth to leave in the last year. Up until late last year when his responsibilities were split between two other cofounders, Ba oversaw a large portion of the company.]
Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D. / [@iscienceluvr]: [With Jimmy Ba's departure, half of the xAI founding team has left [image]]
Alex Heath / [@alexeheath]: [What is going on at xAI?]
Andi Peng / [@theandipenguin]: [Oops humans& missed the start of founder free agency memo]
Yuchen Jin / [@yuchenj_uw]: [Another xAI co-founder left! Jimmy Ba, author of Adam and LayerNorm, a legend in AI. 2 co-founders in 2 consecutive days. What's going on at xAI?]
Ben / [@benhylak]: [when the spacex equity hits]
Samuel Hammond / [@hamandcheese]: [“Recursive self improvement loops likely go live in the next 12mo.”]
Yunlong Liu / [@liuyunlong63318]: [Thanks Jimmy for everything you have helped at xAI and I really appreciate. Good luck with your future endeavors and happy to chat more!]
Chris / [@chatgpt21]: [Damn I was just joking about 4.2 being dead on arrival, I didn't know it was true 😭]
Deepa Seetharaman / [@dseetharaman]: [A second xAI cofounder announces today that they're leaving? Unusual!]
Bluesky:
[@wilkos]: [You'd think they'd want to stick around after their $250B buy out, unless they have no faith in any future revenue that could remotely justify that valuation... [embedded post]]
Sean O'Kane / [@seanokane]: [In case you're having trouble keeping up — as am I because I had to double check — this is the second xAI cofounder to leave in 48 hours [embedded post]]
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[xAI co-founder Tony Wu says he has resigned, following co-founder Igor Babuschkin's exit in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk] — Tony Wu, one of xAI's cofounders, said he has resigned from Elon Musk's AI company. Wu's exit follows the departure last year of another xAI cofounder, Igor Babuschkin.
More: [Gizmodo], [TechCrunch], [Reuters], [The Information], [CNBC], [Benzinga], [Bloomberg], [Ars Technica], [Tech in Asia], [Implicator.ai], and [Wall Street Journal]
X: [@yuhu_ai_], [@jimmybajimmyba], [@himanshustwts], [@ns123abc], [@llmjunky], [@hadas_gold], [@ricburton], [@seconds_0], [@vahidk], [@theo_wayt], [@alvaromysterio], [@urvicodes], [@trace_cohen], [@factorydoge69], [@daniel_mac8], [@alexia], [@graceihle], [@umbisam], [@thedaviddosu], [@scobleizer], [@yuchenj_uw], [@teortaxestex], and [@aiandcloudtech]. Mastodon: [@[email protected]]. Forums: [r/singularity]
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Bruce Gil / [Gizmodo]: [Elon Musk's xAI Can't Stop Bleeding Cofounders]
Russell Brandom / [TechCrunch]: [Okay, now exactly half of xAI's founding team has left the company]
[Reuters]: [Two cofounders of Elon Musk's xAI resign, joining exodus]
Theo Wayt / [The Information]: [The Risk of the Muskiverse's Steady Turnover]
Ashley Capoot / [CNBC]: [Elon Musk's xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure]
Erica Kollmann / [Benzinga]: [More Tesla, xAI Execs Resign—Why Leaders Keep Ditching Elon Musk]
Carmen Arroyo / [Bloomberg]: [XAI Co-Founders Ba, Wu Join Exodus From Musk's AI Startup]
Kyle Orland / [Ars Technica]: [Yet another co-founder departs Elon Musk's xAI]
Minh Le / [Tech in Asia]: [Musk's xAI co-founder steps down]
Marcus Schuler / [Implicator.ai]: [xAI Cofounder Tony Wu Resigns Days After $1.25 Trillion SpaceX Merger]
Becky Peterson / [Wall Street Journal]: [Top Tesla Executive Leaves Carmaker]
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[@yuhu_ai_]: [I resigned from xAI today. This company - and the family we became - will stay with me forever. I will deeply miss the people, the warrooms, and all those battles we have fought together. It's time for my next chapter. It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what's possible. Thank you to the entire xAI family. Onward.]
Jimmy Ba / [@jimmybajimmyba]: [Last day at xAI. xAI's mission is push humanity up the Kardashev tech tree. Grateful to have helped cofound at the start...So proud of what the xAI team has done and will continue to stay close as a friend of the team...It's time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture. 2026 is gonna be insane and likely the busiest (and most consequential) year for the future of our species.]
Himanshu / [@himanshustwts]: [this isn't looking good [image]]
Nik / [@ns123abc]: [Sir, our FOURTH co-founder has left xAI.." [image]]
[@llmjunky]: [xAI seems like it's completely cooked. I don't know how you can recover at this point. Grok 4.2 is going to be dead before it arrives. Kinda sad.]
Hadas Gold / [@hadas_gold]: [Another xAI cofounder leaves the company. (caveat of there's lots of movement among AI execs)]
Richard Burton / [@ricburton]: [Private secondaries markets have totally changed the way talent moves in Silicon Valley Now if you pick the right company you can be set for life in 2-3 years Vesting agreements will have to change [image]]
[@seconds_0]: [This is now a full leadership turnover at xAI]
Vahid Kazemi / [@vahidk]: [I left xAI a few weeks ago. That was short! IMO, all AI labs are building the exact same thing, and it's boring. I think there's room for more creativity. So, I'm starting something new.]
Theo Wayt / [@theo_wayt]: [Another xAI co-founder is out Leading up to the SpaceX merger last week, Elon Musk had grown frustrated with delays to new Grok models, we've reported. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... [image]]
Alvaro Mysterio / [@alvaromysterio]: [Why is top talent leaving @xai ? @elonmusk [image]]
Urvashi Jain / [@urvicodes]: [After @SpaceX merger, most of the co-founders are quitting @xai , this isn't looking Good. Something is fishy 🤔 [image]]
Trace Cohen / [@trace_cohen]: [$100M seed round coming soon...]
[@factorydoge69]: [they banned him for speaking the truth @styngdn [image]]
Dan McAteer / [@daniel_mac8]: [He really didn't like the idea of going to the Moon before Mars, did he?]
Alexia Bonatsos / [@alexia]: [They're dropping like AI company co-founders.]
Grace Kay / [@graceihle]: [Tony Wu is the fourth cofounder to leave xAI in the past year. He led the reasoning org and began reporting to Elon Musk last year. XAI underwent a reorg a few weeks ago and cofounder Guodong Zhang took over some of Wu's responsibilities, insiders said.]
[@umbisam]: [Wow. YTW is a xAI co-founder. My guess: team didn't like the X merge first & SpaceX acquisition later.]
David Dosu / [@thedaviddosu]: [This keeps being truer and truer. [image]]
Robert Scoble / [@scobleizer]: [When leadership goes it usually means the boss isn't happy with their progress. Not good though.]
Yuchen Jin / [@yuchenj_uw]: [xAI co-founder left xAI. I believe this makes it the 4th co-founder to leave. Also Greg Yang is sick. Still wish xAI can build top models.]
[@teortaxestex]: [Many people are leaving labs with tons of resources (while legends from pre-AI software are joining the labs). What is most remarkable to me is that the first group seems confident they'll build new companies outside. Anthropic folks are skeptical about that.]
[@aiandcloudtech]: [Anthropic is still the only AI company that has managed to retain 100% of their cofounders.]
Mastodon:
Dare Obasanjo / [@[email protected]]: [A fifth co-founder has left xAI. I wonder why anyone would want to leave the world's top chatbot for generating CSAM and deepfake porn just as they're merging with SpaceX? 🤔 — https://gizmodo.com/...]
Forums:
[r/singularity]: [One of the cofounders of xAI leaves the company]
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[In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network] — The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
More: [The Economic Times], [Rolling Stone], [Reuters], [The Wrap], [Bloomberg], [Agence France-Presse], [Mercury News], [Courthouse News Service], [International Business Times], and [CNN]. Bluesky: [@caseynewton]
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More:
[The Economic Times]: [Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial]
Nancy Dillon / [Rolling Stone]: [At Landmark Trial, Expert Says Social Media Hooks Teens Hardest]
Jody Godoy / [Reuters]: [Meta's and Google's landmark social media addiction trial kicked off on Monday in Los Angeles]
Corbin Bolies / [The Wrap]: [YouTube Argues It's Designed for Entertainment, Not Addiction, in Landmark Social Media Trial]
Madlin Mekelburg / [Bloomberg]: [YouTube Lawyer Sees No Addiction From Half Hour of Videos]
[Agence France-Presse]: [YouTube rejects addiction claims in landmark social media trial]
[Mercury News]: [Lawyers argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial]
Hillel Aron / [Courthouse News Service]: ['It's not an addiction': YouTube pushes back in landmark social media trial]
Akshay Puri / [International Business Times]: [TikTok, Meta, YouTube: Are Kids Being Addicted to Social Media? Landmark Trial Begins]
Clare Duffy / [CNN]: [Lawyers set to argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial]
Bluesky:
Casey Newton / [@caseynewton]: [[Excerpt: “It's not trying to get in your brain and rewire it,” Luis Li, YouTube's lawyer, said of the app's video recommendation algorithm. “It's just asking you what you like to watch."] How does this man think that rewiring brains works]
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[Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500+ ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts]
More: [Social Media Today]
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Andrew Hutchinson / [Social Media Today]: [Meta Faces Trial Over Teen Safety Measures]
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[Discord says that the “vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today” without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age] — Either because they aren't accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts they're old enough.
More: [Discord], [Windows Central], [Decrypt], [Google Help Center], [Kotaku], [Techdirt], [AppleInsider], [9to5Mac], [ZDNET], [The Shortcut], [Help Net Security], and [Polygon.com]
X: [@discord], [@zachbussey], [@taylorlorenz], [@ordinaryinds], [@capedstrawberry], [@pirat_nation], and [@sillygirlclo]
More:
[Discord]: [How Discord Is Building Safer Experiences for Teens]
Cale Hunt / [Windows Central]: [“Discord alternatives” searches jump 10,000% overnight as the gaming platform introduces global age verification — Is a total collapse imminent?]
Jason Nelson / [Decrypt]: [Discord Downplays Timing, Impact of Its New Age-Verification Policy]
[Google Help Center]: [Access age-restricted content & features]
Ethan Gach / [Kotaku]: [Discord Goes Into Damage Control Mode Over New Age Verification Requirements, Promising There's Nothing To See Here For ‘Vast Majority’ Of Users]
Erica Portnoy / [Techdirt]: [So, You've Hit An Age Gate. What Now?]
Wesley Hilliard / [AppleInsider]
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