Apple did not respond to a request for comment. The idea has allegedly been in the works for a long time. It all started in 2010, when an unwell Steve Jobs directed his business to acquire the blood glucose monitoring startup RareLight. Apple is alleged to have kept the project hidden by running it as a supposedly separate company, Avolonte Health, but then folding it into the previously undisclosed Exploratory Design Group (XDG). CEO Tim Cook, Apple Watch hardware head Eugene Kim, and other senior executives were present.
