Our Story

We’re very excited that Wysa’s newest investor, Google's Assistant investment program, is joining our family. This includes investment capital, access to Google product and technical teams, and go-to-market support to help develop ground-breaking ideas that make life better every day.

Voice is the next frontier. We’re proud of the world-class product that Wysa has become; as we help millions across the world build their emotional resilience, our work is even more important now.

HIMSS and MobiHealth News report how there has been an explosion in the adoption of digital healthcare in 2020, citing a report from ORCHA, the agency used by the NHS to evaluate digital health solutions. Apps that support users who need support with their mental health grew their user base at a rate that increased nearly 200% between 2019 to 2020.

Wysa was the most downloaded - and recommended - app of 2020. It is also currently the highest scoring app on ORCHA’s Appfinder across all health conditions.

Frontiers Health brings together health innovators from pharma, medical devices, public health, health insurance, providers, investors and digital health startups from around the world.

We spoke about how AI-guided chat platforms like Wysa, being anonymous and available across the world, can help create the first line of defence for the silent but serious ‘second wave’ of the pandemic: mental health.

The Ministry of Health Office of Healthcare Transformation in Singapore launched Wysa as part of a national resource, for residents to cope with stress and adjust to life in the new normal.

This was one of the most competitive selections we’ve seen. Wysa was first across the finish line in a hotly contested field of 40+ solutions from across the world. That’s an Olympian feat indeed, for a chubby little penguin.

AHIMA and Frontiers Health, in cooperation with Healthware Group, hosted education sessions focusing on telehealth and artificial intelligence in healthcare at the AHIMA20 Virtual Conference.

The session featured speakers from leading players from the digital health space, including Wysa. We spoke about how AI-guided solutions can help increase access to standardised, high quality self-management techniques. Using new technology, we can serve millions of people across the world with a small team. This is impact at scale.

Wysa’s award-winning AI behavioral health platform is now used to enhance digital mental health support for COVID-related anxiety at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre (CCHMC), an academic medical center established in 1883 and one of the most distinguished pediatric hospitals in the United States.

“Mental health is the silent pandemic, as Covid-19 has brought an incredible amount of stress and anxiety in its wake. This tsunami of demand will change how healthcare systems think about mental health services, and the role digital strategies need to play.” said John Pestian, PhD, co-lead of the CCHMC program and one of the world’s top experts in developing NLP tools to address mental health concerns.

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Wysa received funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to support schools in providing mental health support using its award-winning AI platform, to young people aged 13-18.

Wysa is one of the companies chosen from over 8,000 applicants to receive funding, made available to innovative projects to meet issues caused by lockdown restrictions as a result of the global pandemic.

Aetna International this week announced a partnership with Wysa to expand its suite of mental wellness services, and address the mental health needs of its members arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wysa complements Aetna’s existing resources, such as vHealth and EAP, by giving members instant access to guided mental well-being support. With this partnership, Aetna International members and employees access text-based support from Wysa to manage their stress, anxiety, and sleep. They get a space to just talk, access to self-management techniques, and support from Wya’s trained mental health coaches. If they need more support, they are seamlessly signposted to Aetna’s other medical and mental health services from within the Wysa platform.

Wysa was one of 10 startups to get selected for Google Launchpad India. We received some awesome mentorship and support from the best of Google in AI/ML, Cloud, UX, Android, Web, Product Strategy and Marketing.

Facebook brought together opinion leaders and experts passionate about mental health in their first ever #SocialForGood Liveathon, which was viewed by more than 7 million people. We were so happy! 

HIMSS is Europe's leading journal for IT in healthcare focused on senior leaders. Their lead story "Mental health chatbots - the future of therapy?" highlights Wysa as a leading solution of using AI for mental health. 'The invention of chatbots is an admirable invention', says Maneesh Juneja, one of the world's leading Digital Health Futurists. We are super proud and we totally agree.

Touchkin-Wysa was selected into the Philips HealthWorks program, which works with high-potential startups across the world to help them create solutions for the healthcare industry. We were one of four selected out of 600, which is pretty awesome.

Co-founder Jo Aggarwal spoke at a TEDx event on a topic with a twist: what makes AI compassionate? We’ve seen our users tell us that talking to Wysa has changed their lives, so this is a story that needed to be told.

Wysa was highlighted as a leading example of using AI for mental health at the first global Digital Mental Health meet-up amongst clinicians, researchers and product experts this summer in London. We spoke there, and it was fantastic to be part of a line-up that included the leading experts in the field.

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