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Georgia Institute of Technology | Posted: December 7, 2021
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EZPT is Transforming How We See Physical Activity
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ImageforEZPTBy Frida Carrera
What started as a back injury for EZPT co-founder Kunal Gandhi has now led to the creation of an app that helps people train and exercise safely on their own. After Jai Chawla, Georgia Tech junior and co-founder/CTO of EZPT, transferred to Tech his freshman year, he got involved with the startup ecosystem of Atlanta and found funding for EZPT through Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X program this past summer. EZPT is a digital health company with a mobile app that uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to improve healthcare outcomes for people with injuries. Since then, Gandhi, Chawla, and their third co-founder, Nikhil Gandhi, have created an app and established a strong foundation for their computer vision fitness startup.
The three co-founders saw the need for a product that would help people safely work out on their own, especially in a time where COVID restrictions made personal training and therapy difficult to access. They also saw a lack of data behind the process of physical therapy and wanted to tackle this issue. So, Kunal, Nikhil, and Jai, along with their personal training, marketing, and computer vision research experience respectively, created their app to aid those who cannot afford expensive physical therapy and personal training.
“It’s meant to enhance the whole experience so people can work out at home and get the real-time feedback when the physical therapist isn’t with them,” explains Chawla.
Now with over a couple thousand downloads in over 45 countries, EZPT’s AI Movement Coach app tracks users’ forms via self-recording and recognizes in real-time whether someone has proper form or not. Utilizing users’ height, weight, and other health information, the app gives real-time audio feedback on users’ forms on a variety of exercises and stretches to prevent injury. The app also recommends movements based on the user’s specific biomechanics and pain points - as opposed to generic, non-specific workouts - to help users correct their neuromuscular patterns, lower their pain levels, prevent (re-) injury, and accelerate their physical rehabilitation.
The app has found success with users and has been awarded by the NFLPA and Magic Johnson. Their partnership with the Pittsburgh Penguins has also been an incredible feat for this startup. Moving forward, Kunal, Nikhil, and Chawla hope that EZPT will collaborate with fitness influencers and grow its number of active users. They add that they are looking to expand their team and encourage anyone interested in mobile app development, machine learning, UI/UX, or marketing to reach out to jai@ezpt.xyz with your resume.
You can learn more about EZPT here: https://ezpt.xyz
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