Tuesday, 22 September 2026 09:45 AM
Company Update
Founder & CEO Richie Hosein serves as an official host of Times Square Fashion Week® as FreeHealth.ai brings healthcare, artificial intelligence and a movement for better health into the center of fashion, celebrity, entertainment and culture.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 22, 2026 / Under the dazzling lights of Times Square, surrounded by thousands of spectators, celebrities, international designers and media personalities, something unexpected took center stage.
HEALTH.
On September 15th, FreeHealth.ai brought healthcare and artificial intelligence into the heart of Times Square Fashion Week®, turning one of the world's most recognizable cultural stages into a platform for a powerful new conversation: What if understanding your health became as much a part of everyday life as fashion, music and technology?
FreeHealth.ai Founder & CEO Richie Hosein served as an official host of the event, received the New York State Leadership Award, and helped bring healthcare into the spotlight as the company participated as a healthcare sponsor and partner.
Alongside personalities including Bobby Shmurda, internationally recognized philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, Jordan March of Netflix's Owning Manhattan, celebrity DJ Rob Beer, and Times Square Fashion Week® Founder & Executive Producer Dee Rivera, FreeHealth.ai introduced a message that transcended fashion, entertainment and celebrity.
YOUR HEALTH DESERVES ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES IN THE WORLD.
The activation marked a significant milestone for FreeHealth.ai, bringing its mission beyond the traditional boundaries of healthcare and directly into the center of global culture.
A MOMENT THAT TURNED THE SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH
One of the event's defining moments came when Hosein took the stage for a live conversation with FreeHealth.ai Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer Sulaiman Mustapha.
In the heart of Times Square, the two discussed artificial intelligence, the future of personalized healthcare and their vision for a world where individuals can better understand their health before something goes wrong.
Against a backdrop typically reserved for the world's biggest brands, entertainers and cultural moments, the conversation turned to something every person in the crowd had in common. Their health.
"Standing in the middle of Times Square and looking out at thousands of people, you realize that every single person there has a health story," said Hosein. "Different backgrounds, different ages and different lives - but health connects every one of us. That is why we are building FreeHealth.ai. We believe understanding your health should be accessible to everyone."
The conversation introduced audiences to a future in which artificial intelligence could help bring medical records, labs, wearables and other health information together, giving individuals a more connected and personalized understanding of their health. It also spotlighted the people building that future.
Hosein recognized Mustapha's leadership in translating the company's ambitious vision into technology and assembling the engineering talent behind the FreeHealth.ai platform.
"We're bringing together exceptional engineers, AI builders and problem-solvers who believe healthcare can be fundamentally better," said Hosein. "We're not building another health app. We're building the infrastructure and intelligence for what we believe can become the operating system for human health."
HONORING LEADERSHIP ON ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST STAGES
The evening also marked a major personal milestone for Richie Hosein, who was presented with the New York State Leadership Award at Times Square Fashion Week®.
The recognition added another dimension to an extraordinary evening, celebrating Hosein's leadership while introducing the FreeHealth.ai mission to an audience of innovators, entrepreneurs, celebrities and cultural leaders.
For Hosein, the night was about more than receiving an award. It was an opportunity to use one of the world's biggest stages to bring attention to something that matters to everyone. Their health.
COMPUTERS GOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM. PHONES GOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM. HUMAN HEALTH NEVER DID. UNTIL NOW.
FreeHealth.ai is building what it calls The Operating System for Human Health™, an AI-powered platform designed to bring an individual's fragmented health information together into one intelligent, connected experience.
Today, health information is scattered across medical records, lab results, wearable devices, medications, doctors, hospitals and countless apps and portals.
The human body is one interconnected system. The information used to understand it often isn't. FreeHealth.ai is working to change that.
The experience can begin with a 60-second smartphone-based biometric facial scan designed to provide health measurements and signals. Users can then connect additional parts of their health story, including medical records, labs and wearable information.
At the center of the platform is Maya, FreeHealth.ai's AI health companion, designed to help individuals make sense of their health information, recognize meaningful changes and better understand appropriate next steps.
As more information becomes available, FreeHealth.ai envisions Maya becoming an increasingly personalized companion that grows with the individual.
Not another complicated healthcare portal. Not another disconnected app. Not ten apps. Not ten portals. One you.
The company's mission is to make personalized health intelligence more accessible, helping people move from a healthcare experience centered primarily around illness and emergencies toward one that encourages understanding and engagement throughout their lives.
FASHION. CELEBRITY. TECHNOLOGY. AND NOW, HEALTHCARE.
Times Square Fashion Week® brought together global designers, celebrities, entertainers, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and innovators.
And through FreeHealth.ai, healthcare became part of that cultural conversation.
The conversation continued beyond the runway and into the event's afterparty, where rapper Bobby Shmurda shared his perspective with FreeHealth.ai's Chief Marketing Officer Jennifer Galarza on why health deserves greater attention.
"We talk about getting money, looking good and living our best lives, but none of that means anything if you don't have your health. That's what I love about what FreeHealth.ai is doing. They're making health something everybody can be part of. That's a movement I can get behind," said Bobby Shmurda.
For FreeHealth.ai, this was about far more than sponsorship or brand visibility. It was about introducing an entirely new audience to the idea that understanding your health should be a part of everyday life.
"This wasn't about putting our logo in Times Square," said Hosein. "It was about putting health in Times Square. Fashion creates movements. Music creates movements. Technology creates movements. We believe it's time to create a movement around understanding our own health."
FreeHealth.ai believes healthcare technology should be something people want to engage with - simple, personal, intelligent and accessible.
And that conversation shouldn't be limited to hospitals, doctors' offices or medical conferences. It belongs in communities. In sports. In entertainment. In fashion. It belongs everywhere people are.
FROM TIMES SQUARE TO THE WORLD
The Times Square activation represents a milestone in FreeHealth.ai's broader ambition to help build a global consumer movement around health.
Artificial intelligence, connected medical records, wearable technology and biometrics are creating new possibilities for individuals to understand and engage with their health.
FreeHealth.ai is working to bring those possibilities together around the person they belong to.
"We believe healthcare is entering one of the biggest transformations of our lifetime," said Hosein. "AI gives us an opportunity to make health information more understandable, more personal and more accessible. Our mission is to help bring that opportunity to people everywhere."
On September 15, thousands gathered in Times Square for fashion, music, entertainment and culture.
Celebrities shared the stage. Designers showcased their creativity. The energy of New York City filled the streets.
Richie Hosein was recognized for his leadership.
And in the middle of it all, FreeHealth.ai brought healthcare into the spotlight.
Because the next big movement shouldn't just change what we wear, how we connect or how we live. It should change how we understand our health.
For FreeHealth.ai, Times Square wasn't the finish line. It was the beginning.
ABOUT FREEHEALTH.AI
FreeHealth.ai is an AI-powered health technology company building The Operating System for Human Health™.
The platform is designed to bring fragmented health information - including medical records, labs, wearables and biometrics - together into one connected, personalized experience.
At its center is Maya, an AI health companion designed to help individuals better understand their health information and become more engaged in their health journey.
FREEHEALTH.AI - THE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN HEALTH™
Learn more at https://freehealth.ai
MEDIA, INVESTOR & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP INQUIRIES
Jennifer Galarza
Chief Marketing Officer
FreeHealth.ai
[email protected]
SOURCE: FreeHealth AI