Preventive health platform to offer $499 scans at all locations, providing early detection of over 500 conditions.
Consumer health platform Function Health has acquired full body scanning company Ezra as it continues its push to democratize advanced preventative healthcare. Aiming to make proactive health monitoring more accessible, affordable and scalable, the acquisition unites Function’s extensive lab testing capabilities with Ezra’s AI-driven imaging to offer a longitudinal view of personal health.
Function’s platform currently offers members over 160 lab tests for $499 a year, ranging from hormone levels and cardiovascular markers to cancer signals and aging-related factors. The addition of full-body MRI scanning provides insight into the health of multiple organs, detecting early signs of cancer and other conditions, often before symptoms develop.
“Adding imaging was part of our vision from day one,” said Function CEO Jonathan Swerdlin. “Now with Ezra becoming a part of Function, we complete the picture. It’s time everyone owns their health, every year. This is the best use of AI – applying it directly to human life.”
Function is now offering Ezra’s AI-powered full body MRI scanning system at all its locations in the US. The system leverages AI to reduce scan times from an hour to 22 minutes, and to reduce costs from $1,500 to $499 per scan. Capable of identifying over 500 potential health conditions, Ezra says its scans can identify silent strokes, early aneurysms, spinal issues, fatty liver disease, and even claims to provide body composition analysis with greater precision than existing methods like DEXA.
By reducing both time and cost, Ezra supports the development of annual imaging baselines, which can recognize subtle physiological changes that signal emerging health risks. These changes, tracked over time, can offer predictive insight into disease progression, supporting earlier and more effective intervention.
“A single health snapshot is like one frame from a movie – you miss the story,” said Ezra’s Chief Scientific Advisor Dr Dan Sodickson. “Finally, reducing the cost and scan time of full body MRI unlocks the ability to capture an annual imaging baseline. This longitudinal dataset reveals subtle changes over time that catch immediate issues and can predict disease before symptoms even appear. This fundamentally transforms medicine.”
Ezra scans are now available to Function Health members at nearly 100 locations across the United States. Function says it plans to expand to more 1,000 sites in the “coming months” – reflective of a broader shift in healthcare, where AI-powered technologies not only enhance diagnostics but also scale them for widespread adoption.
“I wish I could see millions of patients,” said Function’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Mark Hyman. “This is the most powerful approach I’ve seen in my entire career – and for the first time, it can truly scale to millions.”
The acquisition comes after both companies last year secured substantial backing to fuel their missions. Function raised $53 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and a slew of high-profile public figures, while Ezra raised $21 million.
“I started Ezra with a clear mission: to detect cancer early for everyone in the world,” said Ezra founder Emi Gal. “This mission is deeply personal for me – if my mother had detected cancer early, she would still be alive today. Over the past six years my team and I have helped countless people find cancer, many of whom are now cancer free. We are now scaling this to millions together with Function.”
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