We build AI to streamline mental healthcare

Address clinician shortage

There is a shortage of mental health clinicians. SAMSHA projects a shortage of 250,000+ mental health professionals. Over 50% of US counties do not have access to a psychiatrist. Our tools function as AI employees that let each clinician do more, reducing the hiring burden.

Enhance care quality

As clinician time is extremely limited, in-person mental health sessions are rushed and often of varying quality. Our tools give patients the space and time to express their concerns with no rush - by letting them speak to an empathetic AI.

Reduce clinician burnout

Clinical staff are exhausted. They see too many people and do not have enough time. Our tools replace a lot of repeatable clinical work and provide intelligent insights, enabling a 3X reduction in per-patient workload. 

Redefine psychiatry

We believe that existing diagnostic standards in psychiatry are outdated and suboptimal. We are bullish on the future of biomarkers, where patients are matched to treatment without trial and error. Our research portfolio makes a heavy bet on voice as the most prominent of these biomarkers.

Our long-term vision

We aim to reconstruct mental health care pathways, carefully building a vertical stack of AI-enabled psychiatry. The efficiency gains from AI allow unprecedented alignment of both top patient care and reimbursement incentives. 

Our Team

Dr. Edwin Wong

Edwin is co-founder and CEO. He received his PhD from King’s College London and the National University of Singapore, where he analyzed large genetic datasets to learn about the roots of mental health disorders. Prior to Psyrin, he was deeply involved with incubator programs like Nucleate UK and Entrepreneur First. Get in touch here.

Dr. Julianna Olah

Juli is co-founder and CTO. She received her PhD from King’s College London for research on artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health. Her leading work on voice biomarkers has been published in top journals & conferences. Prior to Psyrin, she started the largest digital therapy marketplace in Hungary, which has facilitated over 10,000 sessions. Get in touch here.

Dr. Raheem Chaudhry

Raheem is co-founder and COO. He completed a medical degree at King’s College London. Raheem spent time working for the largest psychiatric hospital in Europe - King’s College Hospital - before leaving to pursue Psyrin full-time. Prior to Psyrin, he worked on several innovation projects across the NHS. Get in touch here.

Aeron Laffere

Aeron is our founding engineer. He started coding at the age of 9 but has collated a hodgepodge of experience along the way. His undergraduate work was in psychology, before he pursued a PhD in computational neuroscience at Oxford. He dropped out to join Psyrin and return to his first passion - engineering. Connect with him here.

Omar Mena

Omar is our head of artificial intelligence (AI). He completed his masters degree in artificial intelligence at University College London, where he initially collaborated with Psyrin to refine our voice biomarker models. Prior to Psyrin, Omar built other projects in mental health, including a sentiment analysis tool analyzing social media for suicide risk.

Contact us.

We are always open to inquiries and collaboration!

United States

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UK & Europe

Bush House, 30 Aldwych, Entrepreneurship Institute, London, WC2B 4BG