Cylinder Health

Digital Health · Gastrointestinal Care · Healthcare M&A

Acquisition

Hinge Health to acquire Cylinder Health for $105M, entering GI care

The move rides a broader industry shift toward AI-native platforms buying niche condition specialists rather than building expertise from scratch.

• Hinge Health signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cylinder Health for $105 million, marking its first move into gastrointestinal and digestive care.
• Cylinder Health is a startup focused on digestive care, giving Hinge Health new clinical capabilities beyond its core musculoskeletal programs.
• The acquisition was disclosed alongside Hinge Health's Q2 2026 earnings, the same day the company raised its full-year revenue guidance and approved a $300 million share buyback expansion.
• Hinge Health's Q2 revenue rose 53% year-over-year to $212.8 million, with free cash flow tripling to $100 million compared to a year earlier.
• The deal lands amid a wave of AI-native virtual care consolidation, following Included Health's purchase of Firefly Health and Doctronic's acquisition of Summer Health within the same week.
• Buying condition-specific clinical data and provider networks lets scaled virtual-care platforms add new specialties faster than building them in-house, a strategy now spreading across the sector.