This 'emotionally intelligent' bot makes mental health accessible at scale

Wysa, an "emotionally intelligent" bot, is a virtual coach that combines empathetic listening with evidence-based therapeutic techniques making mental health accessible at scale

Sometimes we get all tangled up inside our heads, unable to move on. Similar was the case with a 13-year-old girl who had depression and tried to end her life before she stumbled upon Wysa, an AI-based “emotionally intelligent” platform operated by Touckin, a  Bengaluru-headquartered mental health start-up. “Wysa helped me hold on to myself,” says the girl. 

Wysa as a product was launched in October 2016 to create stigma-free pathways to mental health using AI. The platform was founded by Jo Aggarwal and Ramakant Vempati and it recently raised about $2million (Rs 15 crore) in a pre-Series A round led