Alongside builds an app that interacts with students via a chatbot, offers therapy exercises, journaling tools, soothing audio, and videos of peers describing similar issues. The product uses AI sparingly to detect feelings and match evidence-informed exercises, and it refers students in crisis to their school’s support team. The company launched this April and has lined up pilot programs with public and private middle and high schools for the fall, with additional sign-ups underway. Founders Jay Goyal, Anish Mehta, and Scott Freschet are alumni of Actively Learn, and psychologist Elsa Friis leads mental health for the product. Alongside emphasizes confidentiality while notifying schools when its AI detects crises and provides immediate resources like the 988 Lifeline. Its revenue model charges schools and districts an annual per-student fee, though the company is piloting the app for free this fall. The team plans to further develop the product with input from adolescents and mental-health experts and expand to schools across the country while contributing to research on subclinical care.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Aug 2022