Meet Tess, a clinically-proven, AI-powered mental health chatbot written by psychologists for over 29 million people with paid access. Featured in The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and Psychology Today.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2014
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 5
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| 15.06.2023 | Health Health | What does a chatbot know about eating disorders? Users of a help line are about to find out | Kate Wells, Michigan Radio | KFF Health News (TNS) For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help for anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. La... |
| 27.05.2023 | Helpline workers for the National Eating Disorder Association say they are being replaced by AI | An eating disorder nonprofit is shutting down its helpline and reportedly firing staffers. The National Eating Disorders Association is planning to transition to an AI chatbot. Advertisement The largest nonprofit organization supporting peo... |
| 10.01.2023 | Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment [Updated] | Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person talking to a secret robot therapist. Ars Technica reader comments 224 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Friday, Koko co-founder Ro... |
| 18.06.2019 | Youper, a chatbot that helps users navigate their emotions, raises $3 million in seed funding | Youper, a mental health app with a chatbot it calls an “emotional health assistant,” has raised $3 million in seed funding from Goodwater Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate development of Youper’s artificial intelligence-based ca... |
| 01.08.2017 | Mental Health Chatbot Developer Touchkin Raises $1.3M | Meet Wysa. An emotionally sensitive AI buddy for behavioral health . This is what Wysa does: Now to the story. Bangalore-based Touchkin, established in 2015, is the developer behind mental health chatbot Wysa. It is now announcing a $1.3M i... |