Is this the future of AI Therapy? We are excited to have Chris Aeberli, the Co-founder at #sonia (#ycombinator W24), on the show to talk about his #vision for the #future of #mentalhealth and how #ai (#llm) can play a critical role in making therapy free and accessible for everyone, across the world.

Chapters - 00:00 - Highlights 00:37 - Sonia intro 01:25 - Chris intro - international founder in US, MIT, and more 02:39 - Where did the name "Sonia" come from? 04:31 - Building a start up 05:11 - Unofficial Entrepreneur in ResidenceUnofficial Entrepreneur in Residence experience at Verkada 06:20 - Current state of mental health 08:53 - 2 things you need to get right when you build AI theraphist 11:20 - Teaching AI to "think" as a therapist 14:51 - Most important data in training & fine-tuning? 16:52 - What is the user journey? 19:33 - Most loved feature with Sonia so far? 23:40 - Usage drop-off? vs talking in person with therapist 24:59 - Organic growth vs paid growth? 26:53 - Potential business-to-business (B2B) collaboration? 27:18 - Sonia's plan for the future

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