Sober Sidekick is a sobriety and recovery smartphone app launched in January 2019 by founder and CEO Chris Thompson. The platform leverages a mobile-first AI-driven approach, gamified peer-to-peer support and an "empathy algorithm" to deliver immediate peer responses and predictive analytics aimed at preventing relapses. The company reports a community of over 500,000 members and cites a 68% relapse reduction rate alongside high-accuracy relapse prediction. Its revenue model aligns payments with user recovery success, and the startup currently holds a contract with AmeriHealth Caritas while negotiating with three additional national health plans and state Medicaid programs. Sober Sidekick operates within the $43 billion U.S. addiction recovery market and has four full-time employees. The company was the subject of a 2023 Harvard Business School case study and was recently featured in Fortune and by Google Play.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2024