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The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score of 65 for the consumer bots.
TL;DR
- The Path is a new AI therapy app co-founded by Tony Robbins, Anson Whitmer, and Tyler Sheaffer.
- The app evolved from a popular feature in a men's mental health app called Mental.
- The Path has raised $14.3 million in seed funding.
- Tony Robbins became a co-founder and helped shape the app's therapy-plus-coaching model, incorporating his self-improvement methods.
- Co-founder Anson Whitmer was inspired to pursue mental health tech after personal tragedies involving his uncle and cousin.
- The app utilizes AI and LLMs to bridge the gap in access to personalized mental health care.
- The Path's AI is designed for deep problem understanding and resolution, not just user engagement like consumer chatbots.
- The app's AI model reportedly scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH, significantly higher than consumer bots.
- The AI is post-trained from open-source models and is designed to challenge users, not just agree with them.
- The Path currently offers 11 virtual AI therapists and is free, with plans to charge $40 per month in the future.