Midjourney expands into the healthcare industry: Launches "Ultrasound CT" hardware scanner and plans to open a high-end spa center.

According to ME AI , Beating, an AI-powered imaging company, Midjourney has released its first health hardware product, Scanner, officially entering the medical and healthcare field. While founder David Holz emphasizes that ultrasound imaging is not just a hobby, but a serious attempt by Midjourney in the hardware sector, Scanner is still in its very early stages, with fewer than 20 human trials. Users need to stand naked on a water-immersed platform and submerge themselves in the water to complete a radiation-free full-body 3D scan within 60 seconds. To achieve imaging, Scanner plans to integrate 40 Butterfly Network chip ultrasound modules, achieving a data throughput of 17 GB per second. Reconstructing a single slice requires a cluster of 21 servers to process 40 GB of raw data. Founder David Holz even claims that with fewer than 12 devices operating at full capacity 24 hours a day, the total number of scans could exceed the combined total of all MRI machines in the world. Midjourney plans to officially deploy the equipment at the Midjourney Spa, a 25,000-square-foot spa in San Francisco, by the end of 2027. However, ultrasound technology itself is difficult to use for whole-body clinical diagnosis. The physical limitations of ultrasound waves mean they cannot penetrate bone and air, and the resolution of three-dimensional imaging is clinically difficult to compare with MRI. Due to the lack of FDA medical device approval, Midjourney has repositioned itself on its official blog as a "consumer health" service providing body composition maps. Opening a spa center seems more like a business strategy to circumvent stringent clinical approvals, operating directly to consumers under the guise of leisure and wellness. Hardware development relies on a five-year exclusive technology licensing agreement signed in November 2025 with ultrasound chip company Butterfly Network, with a contract valued at up to $74 million. The agreement includes a $15 million upfront payment and an annual licensing fee of $10 million, and in the fourth quarter of 2025, it already contributed $6.8 million in revenue to Butterfly Network. Given Butterfly Network's long-term commercial losses, cash infusion from Midjourney is crucial to sustaining chip-level ultrasound development. (Source: ME)