Rock Health January 12, 2026
In a turbulent year for healthcare and the broader market, digital health started to feel less like a tremor of innovation and more like bedrock infrastructure. Top players cemented themselves as core infrastructure, while investors bankrolled rapid AI-fueled growth. Annual funding for U.S. digital health startups reached $14.2B, a meaningful 35% increase over 2024’s $10.5B and the highest total we’ve seen since 2022. This wasn’t a return to the pandemic-era peak, but it was a growth year—thanks to AI exuberance, plus proof that startups are helping incumbents weather the storm and navigate coming change.
Under the headline of growth, a starker picture emerges: 2025 was a tale of haves and have-nots. On one side, AI-native upstarts attracted huge rounds...
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