Daniel Cahn
@danielreidcahn
Founder, Ash by Slingshot
I’m excited to announce Ash by Slingshot AI, the first AI designed for therapy backed by $93M in funding from the world’s top mission-driven investors.
Huge congratulations to Willow (YC X25) 🎉! Proud to be a power-user and investor. It's been a game-changer in how I work. Here's to redefining how we use computers! 🚀
Announcing that @WillowVoiceAI has raised $4.2 million to build voice-first interfaces. We started Willow after dropping out of Stanford freshman year to build a healthcare startup. It failed. We pivoted over 10 times, spent a year in the trenches, and learned how to build the…
In a conversation with Slingshot AI founders, Neil Parikh (@neilparikh) and Daniel Cahn (@danielreidcahn) we explored the limitations of AI chatbots when it comes to therapy. "ChatGPT and Claude are not made for therapy... they can end up in these very weird rabbit holes."…
IN NEWS: @slingshotai_inc raises $93M for AI Therapy. We asked founders @neilparikh and @danielreidcahn about how they're reinventing therapy. "We're inventing a whole new modality of therapy. Crises might happen at 2 AM, right? Your therapist isn't going to answer the phone."…
They said it couldn't be done. They said it *shouldn't* be done. We tried anyways. Today we're launching Ash, the first AI designed for therapy, and announcing $93M in funding from @radicalventures @ForerunnerVC @a16z @felicis @trailmixvc @joinsequel and many more. We've had…
This came in just now, anonymously. "I'm so grateful. In the years prior to today, I'd estimate having spoken to 20+ therapists, some great, and this is the best session I've ever had." @AshAITherapy
Thanks @tbpn!
"ChatGPT and Claude are not made for therapy. They're instruction following models. If you tell them you're upset, they'll give you three tips. Ash might ask you 'why is anger a bad thing?" @neilparikh @danielreidcahn on @tbpn talking about @AshAITherapy
AI purpose built for Therapy - proud to be a part of this meaningful mission led by @danielreidcahn, @neilparikh and team. @AshAITherapy is available 24/7 by text or voice. It’s trained on diverse behavioral data and fine tuned by clinicians, give it a try!
I’m excited to announce Ash by Slingshot AI, the first AI designed for therapy backed by $93M in funding from the world’s top mission-driven investors.
.@sama we did it.
I’m excited to announce Ash by Slingshot AI, the first AI designed for therapy backed by $93M in funding from the world’s top mission-driven investors.
It was an honor to speak with @Forbes about our decision @a16z to back @slingshotai_inc, the world's first foundation model for psychology. We believe the best founders tackle the biggest, messiest problems. Mental health access is one of them. @danielreidcahn and @neilparikh…
Big congrats @neilparikh , @danielreidcahn , and the Slingshot team on your launch of Ash, the first AI built for therapy.
They said it couldn't be done. They said it *shouldn't* be done. We tried anyways. Today we're launching Ash, the first AI designed for therapy, and announcing $93M in funding from @radicalventures @ForerunnerVC @a16z @felicis @trailmixvc @joinsequel and many more. We've had…
They said it couldn't be done. They said it *shouldn't* be done. We tried anyways. Today we're launching Ash, the first AI designed for therapy, and announcing $93M in funding from @radicalventures @ForerunnerVC @a16z @felicis @trailmixvc @joinsequel and many more. We've had…
Here’s to the founders. We see what you see. We just raised $900M - our largest fund yet - to back those who are brave and daring enough to imagine the radically new.
Part 4 of our "Healthcare in a Post-LLM World" series: @slingshotai_inc, founded by @thecahnartist and @neilparikh building a "Model of the Mind" to power an AI therapist, with a vision to help 1 billion people with their product. One of the most common emergent behaviors…
Mental health AI must think long-term. Here’s why @slingshotxyz is building a foundation model for mental health. Real support needs more than helpful responses. Watch the full conversation between founder & CEO @thecahnartist & Felicis' @speechu here: youtube.com/watch?v=Z2JdAd…
I've been saying this for so long 😂. DM me if you want to work on RL for LMs that's *not* just RLHF!
I don't have too too much to add on top of this earlier post on V3 and I think it applies to R1 too (which is the more recent, thinking equivalent). I will say that Deep Learning has a legendary ravenous appetite for compute, like no other algorithm that has ever been developed…
We’re excited to announce our investment in Slingshot, the world’s first foundation model for psychology. Mental health challenges affect half the global population, yet there aren’t enough therapists to meet the growing need. Technology can help bridge this gap, and while gen…