OpenAI has acquired Torch, a healthcare technology startup focused on unifying fragmented medical data into an AI-readable system. The deal, reportedly valued at around $100 million in equity, aims to bolster OpenAI's AI-powered healthcare tools, specifically its new ChatGPT Health initiative. Torch's four-person team will join OpenAI to develop and expand this feature, which seeks to help users analyze and manage their health records. This acquisition highlights the increasing interest of AI companies in specialized healthcare applications.