Hi friend,

Conversational AI has become one of the most active areas of mental health innovation. Many startups, incumbents, and research institutions are building products in this space. They hope to extend access to support, reduce cost, and improve outcomes. Builders have moved fast and the market is moving quickly too, with regulations, safety standards and the available evidence base changing weekly.

This report on Conversational AI in mental health is an attempt to bring greater transparency to the field. We map the landscape from a business, product and clinical perspective, covering thirty-one conversational AI products and analysed across nine dimensions including clinical evidence, selected business models and product features. This report provides a map of the market divided into three segments, shares the primary insights from our analysis and a discussion of the key trends and gaps that we observed.

Let’s get into it.