Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York
In Brief Posted: 6:00 AM PDT · August 18, 2026 Julie Bort Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens its first American office. It will be located in SoHo, Manhattan’s home of luxury shopping, at 300 Lafayette Street. Neko was founded by Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, who serves as Neko’s CEO.
- ▪In Brief Posted: 6:00 AM PDT · August 18, 2026 Julie Bort Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens
- ▪It will be located in SoHo, Manhattan’s home of luxury shopping, at 300 Lafayette Street.
- ▪Neko was founded by Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, who serves as Neko’s CEO.
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In Brief Posted: 6:00 AM PDT · August 18, 2026 Julie Bort Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens its first American office. It will be located in SoHo, Manhattan’s home of luxury shopping, at 300 Lafayette Street. Neko was founded by Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, who serves as Neko’s CEO. The company says that more than 25,000 New Yorkers have joined a waitlist. As we previously reported, Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it pairs with bloodwork and data from fitness devices to assess a person’s health. Currently, the startup has locations in the U.K. and Sweden.
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