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Tony Robbins co-founds AI therapy app, raises $14.3M

The Path, a new AI-powered mental health app co-founded by motivational speaker Tony Robbins, has secured $14.3 million in seed funding. The app aims to provide a safer and more personalized alternative to consumer chatbots for mental health support. Its AI model, trained on open-source foundations and specifically post-trained for therapeutic interactions, reportedly achieved a high score on a mental health safety benchmark. AI

IMPACT AI-driven mental health tools could see increased adoption and safety standards.

RANK_REASON Startup funding round for an AI product with notable figures involved. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Tony Robbins co-founds AI therapy app, raises $14.3M

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  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Julie Bort ·

    The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy

    The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score of 65 for the consumer bots.