Former Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal prepares $1,000 metabolic wellness device Temple

Deepinder Goyal is reportedly preparing Temple, a metabolic wellness device priced at about $1,000 and targeted for launch within six to 12 months. The move would extend the former Eternal leader’s focus beyond food delivery and quick commerce into consumer health technology.

— Filed Wed, 19 Aug, 2026, 17:47 IST · First seen Wed, 19 Aug, 2026, 17:47 IST · Source ET Retail

What happened

Zomato (Eternal) · Former Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal is preparing Temple, a $1,000 metabolic wellness device. The tag also cites Eternal’s Q3 profit and

Key facts

  • $1,000
  • within six months to a year
  • 73% year-on-year consolidated profit growth
  • Rs 102 crore consolidated profit
  • 201% revenue growth
  • 22% potential share upside
  • Rs 8,500 crore qualified institutional placement

Why this matters

Strategic teams should monitor Temple for partnership or acquisition opportunities across metabolic data, diagnostics, coaching, and wellness distribution as the venture develops over the next 6–12 months.

What to watch

  • Formal company incorporation, trademark filings, hiring for biomedical engineering or regulatory roles, and supplier/manufacturing partnerships.
  • Evidence of clinical validation, regulatory filings, medical disclaimers, or partnerships with hospitals and diagnostic labs.
  • Pricing structure beyond the reported $1,000 device cost, especially subscriptions or bundled tests.
  • Beta programs, waitlists, influencer seeding, and launch-market selection in major Indian metros.
  • Any commercial linkage to Eternal, Blinkit, food delivery data, restaurant partners, or nutrition-commerce platforms.
  • Competitor responses from wearables, glucose-monitoring firms, diagnostics chains, fitness platforms, and premium health clinics.
  • Build a clinical, hardware, data-science, and regulatory leadership team.
  • Define whether Temple is positioned as a wellness tracker, diagnostic platform, metabolic-monitoring device, or coaching ecosystem.
  • Pursue pilots with premium gyms, preventive-health clinics, corporate wellness programs, and affluent consumer communities.
  • Create recurring revenue through memberships, personalized nutrition, coaching, testing, or commerce rather than relying solely on device sales.
  • Use the founder's food-commerce and urban-consumer insight to connect metabolic guidance with healthier meal discovery, ordering, and retail baskets.