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Mental health app Wysa raises $5.5M for ’emotionally intelligent’ AI
It’s hard enough to talk about your feelings to a person; Jo Aggarwal, the founder and CEO of Wysa, is hoping you’ll find it easier to confide in a robot. Or, put more specifically, “emotionally intelligent” artificial intelligence.
Wysa is an AI-powered mental health app designed by Touchkin eServices, Aggarwal’s company that currently maintains headquarters in Bangalore, Boston and London. Wysa is something like a chatbot that can respond with words of affirmation, or guide a user through one of 150 different therapeutic techniques.
Wysa is Aggarwal’s second venture. The first was an elder care company that failed to find market fit, she says. Aggarwal found herself falling into a deep depression, from which, she says, the idea of Wysa was born in 2016.
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BayCare Harnesses Alexa Technology for Better Patient Experience
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ BayCare Health System, which includes 15 hospitals throughout Tampa Bay and central Florida, is using a voice platform from Aiva Health in 2,500 hospital rooms across 14 Tampa Bay-area hospitals. Patients will experience smart rooms that allow them to connect with their care team and control devices like the television – all hands-free.
Alexa, the voice assistant used by millions of Americans at home for convenience, is being implemented in 2,500 hospital rooms for patients across 14 BayCare hospitals. Alexa uses Aiva technology so patients can connect hands-free to their care team during their hospital stay.