The deal for Cal AI marks the latest move in a recent wave of fitness and wellness app consolidation
MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, a nutrition tracking app built by a group of Forbes “30 Under 30” entrepreneurs that generated more than $40 million in sales in the last year.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but it marks MyFitnessPal’s third significant move in just over a year.
Last February, the platform, owned by private equity firm Francisco Partners, acquired Intent, a personalized meal planning app. This past January, it integrated with ChatGPT Health.
Cal AI brings AI-powered photo food recognition and a body composition analyzer that lets users capture front and side views to generate body fat percentage estimates, breakdowns of essential and non-beneficial fat versus lean mass, composition tracking to monitor progress and personalized dietary recommendations.
“With Cal AI in our portfolio, we’re not just expanding our reach, we’re investing in the idea that no single product can serve every consumer,” MyFitnessPal CEO Mike Fisher said. “The best approach is giving people the right tool for how they engage with food and fitness.”
MyFitnessPal plans to keep Cal AI operating as a standalone product, continuing to invest in its development and marketing.
The app was co-founded by Zach Yadegari, who started coding at age 7 and built his first major venture, Totally Science, a gaming website that drew more than 5 million users during the COVID-19 pandemic before he sold it for a six-figure sum.
Zach Yadegari (credit: Cal AI)
The deal is among the first major moves of 2026 in a fitness and wellness app space that saw significant consolidation activity in the last couple of years.
Strava, the social fitness platform, acquired AI-powered running app Runna in April 2025, then cycling coaching app The Breakaway a month later. The deals coincided with Strava closing a new funding round that valued the company at $2.2 billion ahead of a reported IPO that could happen this year.
Endurance training platform TrainingPeaks acquired virtual cycling app IndieVelo in 2024, rebranding it TrainingPeaks Virtual, while nutrition app Lifesum went a different direction entirely, acquiring German biomarker company Lykon to add at-home blood testing to its platform.
There’s good reason to be in the fitness and wellness app game, budding entrepreneurs or otherwise. According to RevenueCat’s 2025 State of Subscription Apps report, health and fitness apps monetize at twice the rate of most other categories and have the highest revenue per install of any app segment.
