Behavioural health tech firm Spring has raised $1.5m in seed funding to prescribe mental health treatments using artificial intelligence (AI). Spring uses AI and machine learning to decide what antidepressant may work best for a person with depression based on technology developed at the Yale School of Psychiatry. One of the company's pilots increased screening for depression by primary care providers by 90% within two weeks, according to CEO April Koh. The company is also working with healthcare companies such as Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealth Group to use its software to help diagnose patients who are not receiving treatment because they don't have insurance. the William K Warren Foundation and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan led the funding round, with additional contributions from RRE Ventures, North Sound Ventures, Rough Draft Ventures and Saddlefire Ventures.
Behavioural health tech firm Spring has raised $1.5m in seed funding to prescribe mental health treatments using artificial intelligence (AI). Spring uses AI and machine learning to decide what antidepressant may work best for a person with depression based on technology developed at the Yale School of Psychiatry. One of the company's pilots increased screening for depression by primary care providers by 90% within two weeks, according to CEO April Koh. Philanthropic organisation the William K Warren Foundation and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan led the funding round, with additional contributions from RRE Ventures, North Sound Ventures, Rough Draft Ventures and Saddlefire Ventures.