Medical Devices

How Butterfly repositioned from an ultrasound company to the future of medical imaging

How Butterfly repositioned from an ultrasound company to the future of medical imaging

Business maturity stage

Grow

Primary business outcome

Build category leadership

Delivered by

AOx3

Business
Challenge

For years, Butterfly Network was known for its portable ultrasound machine, a device so beloved by doctors that it was featured on HBO’s The Pitt. But Butterfly’s ambitions are much bigger than a single device.

Integrated
Solution

Butterfly is taking a page from Nvidia’s playbook, positioning its proprietary silicon chip that digitized ultrasound as the foundational hardware engine powering the next-gen interface between AI and the human body. Starting at the JPM Healthcare Conference, Butterfly made the case for its Ultrasound-on-Chip as the new platform for medical imaging. AOx3 built a four-part program to make sure it became Butterfly’s story, not just a supplier credit: shifting the narrative from ‘ultrasound company’ to the technology powering the future of medical imaging, leading on AI with key stakeholders, engaging leading technology, healthcare and business media to reach audiences beyond traditional medtech, and amplifying the vision through executive thought leadership, influencer engagement and owned content.

Result

What could have been a supporting mention in someone else’s launch became a defining moment for Butterfly, repositioning it from an ultrasound company to the technology powering the future of medical imaging.

Proof

Bloomberg named Butterfly a Vanguard of Health, crowning its shift with ‘A Butterfly Spreads Ultrasound’s Wings

Bloomberg named Butterfly a Vanguard of Health, crowning its shift with ‘A Butterfly Spreads Ultrasound’s Wings

Bloomberg named Butterfly a Vanguard of Health, crowning its shift with ‘A Butterfly Spreads Ultrasound’s Wings

FDA cleared the industry’s first AI-powered blind sweep gestational age calculator — a regulatory first for the category

FDA cleared the industry’s first AI-powered blind sweep gestational age calculator — a regulatory first for the category

FDA cleared the industry’s first AI-powered blind sweep gestational age calculator — a regulatory first for the category

Butterfly landed two landmark AI licensing deals, with Midjourney and Sam Altman’s Merge Labs, putting its technology at the center of AI’s next wave into healthcare

Butterfly landed two landmark AI licensing deals, with Midjourney and Sam Altman’s Merge Labs, putting its technology at the center of AI’s next wave into healthcare

Butterfly landed two landmark AI licensing deals, with Midjourney and Sam Altman’s Merge Labs, putting its technology at the center of AI’s next wave into healthcare

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The best work
starts with
a conversation.

Tell us where you are today, what you’re trying to achieve and what’s standing in the way. We’ll connect you with the team best positioned to help.

The best work starts
with a conversation.

Tell us where you are today, what you’re trying to achieve and what’s standing in the way. We’ll connect you with the team best positioned to help.