Hundred Health, a Stealth Longevity Startup, Gears for Launch
Longevity investor and entrepreneur Tyler Smith says you can achieve your ‘GHOAT,’ Greatest Health Of All Time, with Hundred Health. Athletech News spoke with Smith to learn more
SkySlope founder and entrepreneur Tyler Smith is officially pivoting from the real estate management software industry to the wellness and longevity space with Hundred Health, a startup that has been in stealth mode.
Smith is certainly no stranger to the sector, having invested in several longevity and wellness companies, including Function Health, Nucleus Genomics, Devoted Health and TruMe Labs. But behind the scenes, he has been quietly crafting a comprehensive health and longevity platform that promises to be a game-changer: accessible, hyper-personalized and affordable.
While details remain limited ahead of Hundred Health‘s full rollout in March, the startup reflects Smith’s firsthand health experience and his relentless pursuit of data and in improving inefficient systems.
Smith believes the company’s name reflects a “digestible number” for people striving toward better health—perhaps even surpassing 100—a stark contrast to biohacker Bryan Johnson’s ‘Don’t Die’ mantra. Securing the ‘Hundred’ trademark wasn’t easy—Smith says he flew across the world to get it.
As Skyslope’s chief, Smith was immersed in documents, numbers and financials, yet he still prioritized exercise and healthy eating. After scaling the company and selling a majority stake to Fidelity, he remained as CEO and board chair—until a wake-up call set him on a new path.
“At the time, Fidelity had a lot of interesting incentives for their executives,” Smith explains. “I was turning 39, and my wife and I were having our first child a little bit later in life. I began thinking about life a little differently, like, how old is my child when they’re driving? And how old is my daughter going to be when she’s graduating? I wanted to get into health and wanted to get in the best shape of my life.”
Smith then took a biological age test, somewhat confident that his active lifestyle and ideal weight would have proven beneficial in his results, but the test revealed he was biologically 47 years old, eight years older than his chronological age.
The results caught him off guard—he felt good and thought he looked healthy. But as many entrepreneurs are, Smith is a high-achiever—and saw the results as a challenge.
The type of person I am—when I see an opportunity to do something, I go full-on, 110%. So I hired some of the best longevity specialists and celebrity doctors, put them around me, and said, ‘What can I do?’ And we ran full diagnostics—from blood biomarkers to different wearables, to genetics, to full-body MRIs. I mean, I went through every single thing,” he says.
After a year—and thousands of dollars invested in his health—Smith says he reversed his biological age to the 30–31 range and felt like a whole new person. His transformation soon inspired others who wanted to turn back the clock and also feel at the top of their game.
The problem was the cost barrier.
Still, Smith recognized the value of having a deep understanding of the body, and with Hundred Health, he’s aiming to make those insights not only accessible but also easy to understand.
“I had more data on my businesses, I have more data, arguably, on my car than I do in my old body,” he says. “That was kind of like a big wake-up call. So that’s what we’re bringing together. We want to bring bio-data, wearables and integrations with a lot of comprehensive blood panels as well as genes, and we’re really tailoring something really unique to that individual at scale. The best part about it is like we’re doing this at a really affordable price, less than $1.50 a day.”
From what Smith could disclose, Hundred Health will include a form of testing and then generate tailored protocols for each individual, spanning pillars like nutrition, diet, lifestyle, exercise and more. The experience will live on both mobile and the web and will feature additional add-ons that will likely be shared in March ahead of Hundred Health’s official launch, he added.
“What we’ve built against some of the best out there is really eye-opening to what you could do when you have a lot of data on a person and what you’re able to really give them, and then make it wildly digestible, “he says. “And I think we’ve solved that.”.
As a successful entrepreneur, Smith believes the timing couldn’t be better. As the fitness and wellness industry is witnessing, there’s strong demand and energy from both consumers and investors for more accessible and personalized solutions, especially as frustrations mount towards traditional healthcare. Additionally, many are overwhelmed by information overload.
“I think COVID really changed people’s perception,” Smith suggests. “If you go [back] to the early COVID days, it was, ‘I have to do vaccines. I have to do what I’m told to do,’ to—fast forward to the wildest time right now—when you see what’s happening with the election and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and this huge movement of people [feeling], ‘I want to know what is going on with my body. I don’t want someone to tell me.’ And I think you’re seeing this across the board.”
The startup says its cohort consists of individuals in the 30–50 age range—those who want to understand what’s happening in their bodies on a personal level while also receiving support to achieve their “GHOAT,” as Smith puts it.
“People think of ‘GOAT’ like LeBron James or Serena Williams. To us, GOAT is G, H, O, A, T: Greatest Health of All Time,” Smith says.
Based on Hundred Health’s preliminary assessment, interested consumers are showing a 60% female and 40% male split. Smith says female members can expect a level of specialization tailored to their needs.
There’s also a corporate wellness play in development for Hundred Health, which Smith alluded to.
“We have a direct consumer play that’s quite compelling…and then you can imagine something like this at the price point that we’re at – it’s really attractive for businesses,” he says. “As you know, healthy employees are happy employees and healthy and happy employees are more productive.”
Due to the size of its waitlist, Smith says Hundred Health’s first cohort will launch toward the end of March, with new consumers gradually added each month.
“We’ve got a lot of people who I know this would serve,” he says. “And we’ve brought a price point that I think is going to be transformative for people.”
As for embarking on an entirely new direction in his career, Smith is keeping ties at Skyslope as executive chair, CEO, and his enthusiasm is apparent for the upcoming transition.
“I’m massive on change and transition. I think any entrepreneur, you’re changing all the time, whether that’s competitors, team members, employees, culture – you’re constantly changing,” Smith says. “I love change. Our bodies change daily; some of us just don’t know it, right? I’ve been very inspired again. It’s a mission-driven business for me and the team as well. We’ve got a really cool team, and everyone’s hungry. We are tenacious and we really want to help folks achieve their ‘GHOAT’, and we’re going to really push hard to make sure that’s achievable.”