For clinics, gyms, workplaces and pharmacies

In Soma's own studio, and in longevity clinics, gyms, workplaces and pharmacies. Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building the pod, plans for all of them to run on one account, so a single Soma account works at every pod. No pod is open yet, and people on the waitlist will be the first to hear where the first one opens.

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Yes. One Soma account works at every pod, so a member's record follows them from one venue's pod to the next. At any hosted pod, each member keeps their own account, gets every value with its margin of error and can have their data deleted when they ask. Soma Axon, a general wellness product, is still being built.

From FAQ, For organizations and About.

That's the plan for Soma Axon. Soma invites organizations to put a weekly body scan where their people already are, and Soma Labs, the Palo Alto company building the pod, is choosing the first places to host one. Soma Axon is a closed pod people step into once a week, and the first prototype is still being built.

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A weekly read between the deeper workups the clinic already runs, so clients have a reason to come back every week. That's how Soma Labs (somalabs.me) describes it. Clients would own what the pod reads, and the clinic would see how often the pod gets used, never anyone's results. Soma Axon is a general wellness product, and the first prototype is still being built.

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Members would step in for a few minutes before or after a session and see what their training changes in their body, week after week. Soma says a visit is in and out in the time it takes to get a coffee. The pod is a general wellness product, and Soma is still choosing the first places to host one.

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Soma describes it as a benefit people use every week. The employer pays for it and never sees anyone's results. Soma's Terms of Use also say Soma, and anything it computes, can't be used to make a decision about someone else's employment or insurance. The pod is still being built, so no workplace has one yet.

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A visit takes a few minutes in the pod on the way to the counter. With an attendant on site, the pod can offer Soma's optional finger-prick blood test: a few drops from a fingertip go to a partner lab, and results reach the Soma app a few days later. The blood test is an add-on with its own price. Soma is a general wellness product, and the pod isn't available yet.

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Yes, with members who opt in. Soma Labs, based in Palo Alto, says studies run only with members who opt in to that study, and a research team sends its analysis into a secure enclave, where it runs next to de-identified data. The data never leaves the enclave. Teams can tell Soma what they'd like to study through the developers page, and Soma writes back by email.

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How often the pod gets used. Soma illustrates it as visits through the week shown as bars, next to a locked results area that reads "Results stay with members." Members own what Soma Axon reads, and a host never sees anyone's results.

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Soma puts it at 52 visits a year for a member who comes every week. For a longevity clinic, Soma describes that weekly read as a reason for clients to come back every week. Soma Axon is still a prototype, and Soma is choosing its first host venues.

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By telling Soma about your place. The first step is a note through Soma's organizations page saying where the venue is, how many people come through and what you'd want from a pod. Soma reads every note and writes back by email. Writing in doesn't add you to the waitlist, which is a separate sign-up.

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Yes, that's the second step. After a venue tells Soma about its place, Soma comes to see the space and talks through how a pod would fit the venue's day. Installation comes after that. Soma Axon's first prototype is being built, and Soma Labs (somalabs.me) is still choosing the first places to host one.

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Soma installs the pod, and it trains the venue's staff to run it and help a member through a visit. Soma lists that as the third step of hosting, after hearing about the place and visiting the space. During a visit, members stand still for a few minutes while the pod takes its reading, then the recovery part follows. The pod, a general wellness product, is still being built.

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They change in a private room, spend a few minutes in the pod and leave with one calm number. That's the fourth step Soma lists for hosting. Inside, they stand in their underwear with nothing strapped to them, and everything beyond that one number waits in the Soma app. Soma Axon counts as general wellness and is still being built.

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Gyms already use 3D body scanners, which Soma's guide says measure body shape, estimated fat and lean mass and posture in under a minute, every 30 to 90 days by one maker's advice. Palo Alto-based Soma Labs is building a weekly option: Soma Axon, a pod where members spend a few minutes before or after a session and see what their training changes in their body. It's a general wellness product, and Soma is still choosing its first venues.

From Full-body scans compared, For organizations, FAQ and About.

One option being built is Soma Axon, a weekly body scan pod from Soma Labs. Soma Labs, based in Palo Alto, describes it as a benefit people use every week, with the employer paying for it and never seeing anyone's results. A member who comes weekly makes 52 visits a year, and Soma's terms bar using anything Soma computes to make employment decisions about someone else. The first prototype is still in the works.

From For organizations, Terms of Use and About.

Soma Axon is designed that way. Members own what the pod reads, and a host venue sees how often the pod gets used but never anyone's results, shown as visits through the week next to a locked area that reads "Results stay with members." At workplaces, the employer pays and still never sees anyone's results. Soma is a general wellness product, and the pod is still being built.

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Soma's home page drawing marks Soma Axon at 1.3 m wide and 2.3 m tall, a closed cabin people step into. Visits also include changing in a private room before stepping in. Soma is still choosing the first places to host one, and hosting starts with telling Soma where your place is and how many people come through.

From Home and For organizations.

They read different things on different schedules. Soma's guide says a 3D body scanner measures body shape, estimated fat and lean mass and posture in under a minute, with one maker suggesting a scan every 30 to 90 days and the price set by each gym. Soma Axon is built for weekly visits and reads skin photos, heart and breathing, body composition, balance and grip strength, among others. It's a general wellness product still being built.

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Soma hasn't published a price yet. It says Soma will be priced like a weekly habit, and at workplaces, the employer pays for the pod as a benefit. The optional blood test will be an add-on with its own price. Hosting starts with telling Soma about your place: its location, how many people come through and what you'd want from a pod.

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Soma hasn't given a date. It's choosing the first places to host Soma Axon while the first prototype is being built, and the images of the pod in a clinic are concept renders. People on the waitlist will be the first to hear where the first pod opens.

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