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Soma Labs, the company
Who makes Soma?
Soma is made by Soma Labs Inc., a company in Palo Alto, California. It's building Soma Axon, a closed pod you step into for a whole-body scan once a week, along with an iPhone app for the days between visits. Soma is a general wellness product, and nothing is on sale yet. The first prototype of the pod is being built now, and there's a waitlist for anyone who wants to hear when it opens.
Where is Soma Labs based?
Soma Labs Inc. is based in Palo Alto, California. That's where the company is building the first prototype of Soma Axon, its weekly whole-body scan, and the Soma app that goes with it. Soma isn't available yet. People who join the waitlist at somalabs.me will be the first to hear where the first pod opens.
From About, Compare, FAQ and Privacy Policy.
What is Soma's mission?
Soma Labs puts its mission in four words: "Know yourself, love yourself." The first half echoes "know thyself," the maxim inscribed at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, and the second half is Soma's own addition. The company says it's here to make knowing yourself something you can measure every week, at a price a person can actually pay. That's the idea behind Soma Axon, a weekly whole-body scan built as a general wellness product, whose first prototype is underway.
From Waitlist, Know thyself, About and FAQ.
Why did Soma add "love yourself" to "know yourself"?
"Love yourself" isn't from Delphi. Soma Labs added it because people tend to look after what they understand, and it wants Soma to help with the understanding. Put together, the mission reads "Know yourself, love yourself." In practice that means a weekly whole-body read in Soma Axon, a pod the company is still building, plus an iPhone app between visits. It's a general wellness product, and there's a waitlist for now.
From Know thyself, Waitlist, Compare, About and FAQ.
What does the headline on Soma's home page say?
It reads "Know thyself. Know your body." Soma Labs follows the old Delphic line with a practical one, since Soma Axon is meant to read your whole body the same way every week, with your phone and watch filling in the days between. It's a general wellness product. The pod's first prototype is being built, so for now the headline leads to a waitlist.
From Home, Know thyself, FAQ and About.
What does "Gnōthi seauton" mean on Soma's about page?
Gnōthi seauton is Greek for "know thyself," and it's the first thing you see on the Soma Labs about page. The maxim was inscribed at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, and Soma took it as its mission. For the company, knowing yourself means stepping into Soma Axon once a week. That pod is a general wellness product, and its first prototype is being built in Palo Alto.
From About, Know thyself, Home and FAQ.
Why did Soma Labs start?
Soma Labs started from a gap in how bodies get measured. A check-up reads you once a year and a watch reads part of you all day, yet most of what shapes a body happens in between. Seeing that takes the same measurement, taken the same way, every week. Most health numbers don't work like that, because the room, the time of day and the instrument change from one reading to the next. That's why the company is building Soma Axon, a general wellness pod whose first prototype is underway.
What does Soma Labs think most people are missing about their own bodies?
Soma Labs puts it this way: medicine knows a great deal about the human body, but most people know very little about their own beyond their weight and maybe a resting heart rate. Most of what shapes how you feel happens between check-ups, as sleep, stress, food and training add up over weeks. Soma Axon is being built to read that stretch once a week. It's a general wellness product that isn't medical care, and you can't try it yet.
From Know thyself, Home and FAQ.
What does Soma mean by "a price a person can actually pay"?
It's part of how Soma Labs states its purpose: making knowing yourself something you can measure every week, at a price a person can actually pay. Soma is meant to be a weekly habit, and the company says it'll price it like one. No price is published yet for Soma Axon, a general wellness pod. Prices will be shared before the first pod opens, and people on the waitlist will hear them first.
When did Soma publish its "Know thyself" post, and what's it about?
Soma Labs published "Know thyself" on its blog on September 23, 2026, as a 2 minute read. It explains what the maxim inscribed at Delphi meant to the Greeks and Romans who read it, and why Soma took it as its mission. Near the end, the post turns to the half Soma added, "love yourself," which is there because people tend to look after what they understand.
From Know thyself.
What does Soma Labs write about on its blog?
The Soma blog carries notes from the team building Soma, on the science, the instrument and the choices it makes. Soma Labs says it uses the blog to write about building Soma Axon as it happens, including the research behind the pod and the calls made along the way. The first posts, from September 23, 2026, cover the Delphic maxim behind the mission and why the pod will use the same instrument every week.
From Blog, Know thyself and The same instrument, every week.
Where does Soma get what it says about other products?
Soma Labs says what it writes about other products comes from their makers' own pages, and each comparison links and dates those sources. Because Soma Axon isn't available yet, the comparisons describe the pod as Soma is designing it. They lay out what each option reads and how often, plus what it costs. Soma itself sits in the general wellness category.
Who owns the names Soma and Soma Axon?
They belong to Soma Labs Inc., the company in Palo Alto, California, that builds Soma. Its Terms of Use say the names Soma and Soma Axon belong to the company, along with its logos and the software, design and content behind the services. Using Soma gives you a personal license with no ownership in Soma, and the Terms ask that nobody use the names or logos to suggest Soma endorses anything without written permission.
From Terms of Use and About.
How do I contact Soma about my data?
Email privacy@somalabs.me. Soma Labs uses that address for questions about its Privacy Policy and for requests to exercise the rights it describes, such as access to your data, a copy of it, a correction or deletion. If you ask for deletion, Soma removes the data from its live systems within 30 days and from its backups within 90.
From Privacy Policy and FAQ.
Where do I report a security vulnerability in Soma?
Send it to privacy@somalabs.me. Soma Labs asks anyone who finds a vulnerability to report it there, and says it'll work with them. Its Terms of Use don't allow testing Soma's security without the company's permission, so the email comes first. The same address handles questions about your data.
From Terms of Use.
What should I do if I think someone else is in my Soma account?
Tell Soma Labs at legal@somalabs.me. The Terms of Use ask you to write to that address if you believe someone else has access to your account, since each account is for one person and you're responsible for activity that happens through it. You can also close your account at any time.
From Terms of Use.
How do I raise a dispute with Soma Labs?
Start by emailing legal@somalabs.me and describing the problem. Soma Labs says it'll try in good faith to resolve it with you directly for 60 days. If that doesn't settle it, the Terms of Use send disputes to binding individual arbitration, and you can opt out of arbitration by emailing the same address within 30 days of first accepting the Terms.
From Terms of Use.
Which Soma email address is for legal questions and which is for data?
Soma Labs splits them in two. Questions about the Terms of Use, and any formal notice to the company, go to legal@somalabs.me. Questions about your data go to privacy@somalabs.me, as the Privacy Policy explains. When Soma sends you a notice, it goes to the email on your account or your waitlist email.
From Terms of Use.
How can a gym or clinic get in touch with Soma about hosting a pod?
Through the inquiry form on the Soma organizations page. Soma Labs asks you to tell it about your place: its location, how many people come through and what you'd want from a pod. The company reads every note and writes back by email. It's choosing the first places to host Soma Axon now, while the first prototype is being built.
From For organizations.
How do developers and researchers reach Soma Labs?
The Soma developers page has a form for both. Tell Soma Labs what you'd build or what you'd like to study, and the team reads every note and writes back by email. The Soma API isn't open yet, so the form is also how you join early access and help shape it. Research runs only with members who opt in, and their data stays de-identified inside a secure enclave.
From Developers.