Founder's Story
The Future of Mental Health: Why Theryo AI Could Be a Game-Changer for Therapy | S2 Ep. 160
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
Welcome back to Founder's Story! In this episode, Daniel Robbins sits down with Alex Zervakos and Kanji Kawanabe, co-founders of Theryo AI, a groundbreaking company using AI to transform mental health support and therapy.Episode Highlights:The Entrepreneurial Spark:Alex shares how his entrepreneurial journey began with a childhood paper route, while Kanji reflects on years of experience in the tech startup world.The Birth of Theryo AI:A personal frustration with therapy inspired Alex and Kanji to develop Theryo AI. Starting as a simple app, their tool gained traction by helping therapists identify and address mental health challenges more effectively.The Role of AI in Therapy:Enhancement, Not Replacement: Theryo AI empowers therapists by providing tools to analyze data and offer deeper insights.Bridging Gaps: The platform seeks to make mental health care accessible to underserved and marginalized communities, amplifying the ability of providers to deliver impactful care.Tackling Stigmas & Challenges:The duo discusses overcoming resistance to technology in traditional therapy settings and how AI can help detect early mental health issues, offering hope for those who may otherwise lack resources.Looking to the Future:Theryo AI aims to expand globally, with a particular focus on marginalized communities and schools. Their vision is to equalize access to mental health care, creating solutions that provide the same quality of care to everyone, regardless of economic status.Key Takeaways:Mental health is a universal issue, and Theryo AI is making strides to address it with innovative AI tools.Education and training are essential for integrating AI into industries like therapy, where traditional methods still dominate.The company is committed to empowering providers rather than replacing them, ensuring that technology enhances human connection and care.Connect with Theryo AI:Visit Theryo AI’s website to learn more.If you're a therapist or school administrator interested in beta testing, reach out via their site.Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about the intersection of AI and mental health, and how Theryo AI is shaping a more accessible, equitable future for care.Our Sponsors:* Check out Indeed: https://indeed.com/FOUNDERSSTORY* Check out Northwest Registered Agent and use my code FOUNDERS for a great deal: https://northwestregisteredagent.com* Check out Plus500: https://plus500.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com
What inspired Alex and Kanji to become entrepreneurs?
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And accessible 24-7. So I said something at a conference recently that everyone laughed at. But a friend of mine last week, his girlfriend broke up with him. And he was very sad. So he put into ChatGBT their whole last few messages of text. and asked ChatGPT to analyze and see if he did anything wrong or if he could have done anything different.
He spoke to ChatGPT for four hours, had a conversation, and he felt really, really good. And it told him that he didn't do anything wrong. And I thought this was hilarious. But I'm like, oh, my gosh.
And if you look at younger generations, like they're so used to technology, I don't think they're going to have any issue with, you know, like talking to computers or using it because they're already like into it. I am curious about the future of where do you see the company going? If you look a few years out, I'm sure you're always looking ahead. Where do you see the turning out to be?
I really hope that this actually reaches our marginalized communities. So this is one of the things that we want to be able to utilize our software is to close those gaps between who has access and who doesn't have access to therapy. And marginalized communities have always been kind of a guiding light for us as well. And so being able to build out those structures that have the information that
To assist those communities specifically, because right now we don't write like GPT. All of the current LLMs are built off of information that's accessible on the Internet, which traditionally has been weaponized. Our therapy has been weaponized against these communities. So how do we build out these data sets that can actually be. and support to these communities.
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