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mindcoa.ch
mindcoa.ch provides immediate and professional access to mental help for everyone using virtual coaches and human experts.
They create psychological applications based on their own framework. The main goal is to provide low barrier access to mental help. It was founded in 2017 by Mike Beer and immediately became a European finalist in the global IBM Watson Build Contest where IBM was looking for innovative AI applications. 2018 mindcoa.ch was awarded as “Best AI-oriented social entrepreneurship” by UNIQA and ImpactHub Vienna. 2019 mindcoa.ch was a finalist in EIT Health Headstart.
mindcoa.ch's Story
According to an EU study, 95% of the people who need mental help do not receive it and the 5% who do, get it 5 to 10 years too late. Based on scientific evidence and AI they provide low barrier access to a mental help system that is available 24/7 in the cloud. They use virtual and human experts to help. They want to make a difference for those 95%.