--- title: Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project | daily.dev description: Amazon has discontinued a secret fertility-tracking project, codenamed 'Encore,' which had been in development for four years. The project stemmed from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project | daily.dev og:description: Amazon has discontinued a secret fertility-tracking project, codenamed 'Encore,' which had been in development for four years. The project stemmed from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2fm9jVM3O.png og:image:alt: Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon has discontinued a secret fertility-tracking project, codenamed 'Encore,' which had been in development for four years. The project stemmed from Amazon's acquisition of bluDiagnostics in 2020 and involved a device to monitor fertility hormones from saliva samples. Technical challenges and cost-cutting measures under CEO Andy Jassy led to the project's cancellation, alongside other experimental ventures and significant layoffs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#amazon](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon), [#health-tech](https://daily.dev/tags/health-tech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o"},"datePublished":"2024-11-13T20:29:05.346Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T20:36:45.536Z","description":"Amazon has discontinued a secret fertility-tracking project, codenamed 'Encore,' which had been in development for four years. The project stemmed from...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42ec276868b8c41fef2302ec909e0d6e?_a=AQAEuj9","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42ec276868b8c41fef2302ec909e0d6e?_a=AQAEuj9","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-scraps-secret-fertility-tracking-project-2fm9jvm3o","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,startup,amazon,health-tech","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Amazon scraps secret fertility-tracking project"}]} ```