Rune Labs Launches Parkinson’s AI Companion Trained on the World's Largest Parkinson's Dataset

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Rune Labs Launches Parkinson’s AI Companion Trained on the World's Largest Parkinson's Dataset

2026-04-08 21:03 Last Updated At：21:31

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 8, 2026--

Today, Rune Labs announced the launch of a personalized AI companion to provide always-on support for people with Parkinson’s disease. Powered by Anthropic's Claude and built on Rune Labs' proprietary longitudinal dataset, comprising millions of hours of wearable data and FDA-cleared symptom algorithms, StrivePD Guardian continuously analyzes patients' real-time data to deliver timely, context-aware guidance on symptoms, medications, daily experiences, and care goals.

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“People with Parkinson’s live with symptoms that change hour-to-hour,” said Amy Franzen, CEO of Rune Labs. “StrivePD Guardian provides support in those moments, translating continuous symptom changes into clearer understanding, better management, and more productive clinical visits.”

Unlike general-purpose AI tools, StrivePD Guardian uses an agentic system built specifically for Parkinson's disease. Each message is automatically routed in real-time to a specialized, domain-trained assistant with curated medical-grade content, allowing the system to deliver relevant, precise responses without requiring patients to navigate menus or select tools.

StrivePD Guardian’s coordinated set of specialized agents includes:

“It’s like having a conversation with my own StrivePD data. The monthly AI reports help me step back and see the bigger picture, and the StrivePD Guardian chat helps me day to day. I can ask questions, get quick answers, all grounded in what I’ve logged,” said Kevin K., a StrivePD Guardian user. “I’ve asked it to review my many unique symptoms and their fluctuations and trends, and prepare me for what to discuss with my clinician.”

StrivePD Guardian becomes more helpful over time through adaptive intelligence, learning from wearable-derived symptom data, medication logs, chats, journal entries, and user-defined goals. This continuously updated patient profile enables personalized, meaningful support without adding burden to patients or care teams.

“With StrivePD Guardian, we designed a conversational interface grounded in years of clinical and real-world data collected from users,” said William Newby, Vice President of Product and Strategy at Rune Labs. “Because StrivePD Guardian is trained on our continuous wearable datasets, it can interpret 'off times' and dyskinesia with a level of precision that general-purpose AI models simply cannot achieve. We’re connecting abstract symptoms with objective physiological patterns.”

Rune Labs developed StrivePD Guardian with clinical oversight and safety at its core. It uses cautious, supportive language and urgent symptom guidance that directs patients to contact a clinician or seek emergency care when necessary. These safeguards are designed to support use within established care pathways and oversight frameworks, helping clinicians and payers integrate the technology with confidence.

StrivePD Guardian is now available for everybody. Patients can download StrivePD Guardian from the App Store, and existing StrivePD users can upgrade within the app. AI chat access may vary based on plan. For providers, StrivePD Guardian can also be offered through partner programs to support ongoing monitoring, engagement, and care coordination.

About Rune Labs

Rune Labs is a precision neurology company focused on supporting care delivery and therapy development using the most advanced AI and FDA-cleared algorithms. StrivePD is the company's care delivery ecosystem, which started in Parkinson's disease, empowering patients and their clinicians to take control and better manage their care by providing access to insights based on summarized data to improve treatment decisions, enhance disease management and connect patients to clinical trials. For therapeutic development, biopharma and medical device companies leverage Rune Labs’ technology, extensive network of engaged clinicians and patients, and large longitudinal real-world datasets to expedite development programs. For more information, please visit runelabs.io and strive.group.

The NBA's stretch run has arrived. Here's a look at what's happening

A seven-game slate awaits in the NBA on Wednesday, including a possible first-round matchup between Atlanta and Cleveland.

Orlando can take a big step toward assuring it'll stay out of the 9 vs. 10 play-in game in the Eastern Conference when it takes on Minnesota. Denver can move closer to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference when it plays host to Memphis.

And the West play-in standings might get a bit more clear.

The Los Angeles Clippers take on Oklahoma City, while Portland meets San Antonio. The Clippers enter Wednesday with a one-game edge on the Trail Blazers in the race for the No. 8 spot out West.

— Doc Rivers hints at retirement

— The playoffs, thankfully, are coming

— Miami returning to the play-in tournament

— JJ Redick gets a bit feisty in Lakers' loss

— Jayson Tatum set for return to New York

— The Bulls want to keep Billy Donovan

Here's what we know so far regarding the NBA playoff field for this season.

— Eastern Conference playoff teams: Detroit has locked up the No. 1 seed and will open the postseason on April 19. Boston, New York, Cleveland are in. At this point, Atlanta and Toronto would get the other two guaranteed spots, but those are not clinched.

— East play-in teams: Miami is locked into the play-in for the fourth consecutive year. Entering Wednesday, the other three teams headed there would be Philadelphia, Orlando and Charlotte.

— East eliminated teams: Milwaukee, Chicago, Indiana, Brooklyn and Washington.

— Western Conference playoff teams: Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston and Minnesota are in.

— West play-in teams: Phoenix, the Los Angeles Clippers, Portland and Golden State are in. The Warriors will be the No. 10 seed.

— West eliminated teams: Memphis, New Orleans, Dallas, Utah and Sacramento.

— Timberwolves 124, Pacers 104: Wolves clinch playoff spot, despite 20 turnovers.

— Raptors 121, Heat 95: Miami locked into fourth consecutive play-in tournament.

— Celtics 113, Hornets 102: Jaylen Brown scores 35, Boston gave up 41 in second half.

— Warriors 110, Kings 105: Stephen Curry kept making plays late, saved Golden State.

— Thunder 123, Lakers 87: Banged-up Lakers may lose home-court edge for Round 1.

— Clippers 116, Mavericks 103: Kawhi Leonard scores 34, Clippers hang on to 8th spot.

— Rockets 119, Suns 105: Houston wins 50th, 7th straight, rallies from 21-point deficit.

— Bulls 129, Wizards 98: Washington now an NBA-worst 3-23 since the All-Star break.

— Nets 96, Bucks 90: Milwaukee's Doc Rivers dropped retirement hint before the game.

— Pelicans 156, Jazz 134: Bez Mbeng 3rd Jazz player to play all 48 minutes this season.

— Atlanta at Cleveland: A very possible East first-round preview.

— Minnesota at Orlando: Wolves are in, now can focus on health.

— Milwaukee at Detroit: Giannis Antetokounmpo still wants to play.

— Memphis at Denver: Nuggets chasing No. 3 seed, need a win here.

— Portland at San Antonio: Blazers have work to do to avoid 9-10 game.

— Oklahoma City at LA Clippers: Clippers have work to do to avoid 9-10 game.

— Dallas at Phoenix: Suns almost certainly will be No. 7 seed for play-in.

— Miami at Toronto: Raptors looking to sweep teams' four-game season series.

— Chicago at Washington: Bulls led the Wizards by as many as 37 on Tuesday.

— Indiana at Brooklyn: Pacers' Rick Carlisle (family reasons) out next two games.

— Boston at New York: Jayson Tatum returns to MSG, where he got hurt last spring.

— Philadelphia at Houston: Rockets charging toward home-court edge for Round 1.

— LA Lakers at Golden State: Injuries crushing Lakers, who have lost three straight.

Wednesday on ESPN: Atlanta-Cleveland (7 p.m. Eastern) and Portland-San Antonio (9:30 p.m.).

Thursday on Prime Video: Boston-New York (7:30 p.m. Eastern) and LA Lakers-Golden State (10 p.m.)

Oklahoma City (+130) is favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed by San Antonio (+450), Boston (+550), Denver (+1200), Cleveland (+1200) and New York (+2000). Detroit, the No. 1 seed in the East, is +2200. The Los Angeles Lakers were +2500 before Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves got hurt; they're +30000 now.

— Friday: All 30 teams play their 81st games of the season.

— Sunday: All 30 teams play their regular-season finales.

— April 14, 15 and 17: NBA play-in tournament dates.

— April 18 and 19: NBA playoff series openers.

— May 2, 3 or 4: Conference semifinals begin.

— May 10: NBA draft lottery.

— May 10-17: NBA draft combine.

— May 17 or 19: Eastern Conference finals begin on ESPN and ABC.

— May 18 or 20: Western Conference finals begin on NBC and Peacock.

— June 3: Game 1, NBA Finals on ABC. (Other finals dates: June 5, June 8, June 10, June 13, June 16 and June 19).

— MVP, defensive player of the year and All-NBA hopeful Victor Wembanyama (bruised ribs) is doubtful for San Antonio's game Wednesday against Portland. He still needs one more game (and at least 20 minutes played) to be eligible for those individual awards.

— The Wizards have been outscored by 935 points this season. If they lose their final three games by an average of 21.7 points, they'd become the third team in NBA history to get outscored by 1,000 points. The others? Dallas in 1992-93 ... and the Wizards, last season.

— Think the game has changed a little? In 2015-16, there were four instances of teams scoring 130 points in a game and losing. In 2025-26, that’s happened 48 times.

— There are 10 teams with 15 or more losses since this season's All-Star break. Oklahoma City has lost 14 games after the All-Star break — in the last three seasons combined.

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