Mental Health Tech Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026

Klarify handles every job a therapist does other than the therapy itself, from clinical notes and treatment plans to insurance claims and finding new clients. Therapists hold the world together. They also run businesses, file insurance claims, write letters, fill forms, supervise new grads, and do hours of paperwork every night. Practice management software has existed for decades. It records what therapists do. It can't actually do any of it. Klara is the AI at the heart of Klarify. She handles notes, treatment plans, clinical letters, insurance claims, between-session resources, supervision prep, and finding new clients. Nearly 6,000 therapists use Klarify today. Our mission is to empower therapists, not replace them. So they can focus on the one thing only a human can do. Be present with their client.

We've spent decades tracking everything. Sleep. Recovery. Steps. All proxies for how we feel. Performance is 90% mental. And yet no one has built the feedback loop for our emotions. We close that loop by designing a device that understands how you feel, tells you why, and what you can do about it. Emotional intelligence becomes trainable, so you can better connect and create with those around you.

Overlord knows everything about you (location, Mac data, health data, +dozens more), and can take actions (block Mac/iOS/Android, text/call you, text your friends, take your money) to force you to stay on track with your habits.

Orchid is an AI-powered Electronic Health Record (EHR) for independent mental health professionals that saves them time, money, and frustration by integrating core administrative workflows, streamlining clinical processes, and automating manual flows.

Nearly 7 billion hours are spent on porn every year. Relay provides a modern solution to one of the most widespread yet hidden epidemics of our time: pornography. Despite being one of the biggest drains on focus, relationships, and mental health, it remains one of the most silent and stigmatized problems in society. We are tackling this head-on. Relay helps people break free through private, anonymous groups that provide accountability and community. Members join a small, confidential team that replaces isolation with connection, offering shame-free accountability, evidence-based tools, and daily reflection. Our mission goes beyond quitting porn. Relay exists to help people heal the isolation and pain that drive destructive habits—so they can rebuild intimacy, reclaim focus, and live with greater connection, purpose, and wholeness.

Selia Connects individuals and certified psychologists and psychiatrists with an online platform for one-on-one therapy delivered via video call. Selia offers convenient and affordable access to a fully-credentialed network of highly qualified providers while giving individuals self-guided tools, journaling and mood tracking to help them achieve their goals. We created Selia to address the unmet and growing demand for mental health services for Spanish speaking Latam everywhere. Our business-to-consumer (“B2C”) channel, made of individual consumers who pay directly to our platform, and our business-to-business (“B2B”) channel, that consist from start ups to enterprise clients such as Experian, Starbucks, Habi and more

Non-invasive brain stimulation is a widely-utilized, FDA cleared treatment used for patients diagnosed with depression, but is limited to a hospital setting due to the cost of the device, and complexity of treatment application. Our proprietary brain stimulation device allows patients to be treated directly from their home, with the same efficacy, and at a lower cost of treatment. Currently in FDA pivotal phase for Major Depressive Disorder, and Pilot phase for Alzheimer's and Parkinson diseases.

LunaJoy is building the AI-powered care platform for precision mental health—starting with women. We integrate intelligent automation with specialized clinical services to deliver scalable, life-stage-specific care—from adolescence to pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, miscarriage, perimenopause, and aging. By embedding AI agents into care navigation, triage, and decision support, we reduce costs, accelerate outcomes, and personalize treatment at scale. Our hybrid care model blends targeted psychotherapy, psychiatric medication management, genetic testing, coaching, and holistic wellness—delivered by a curated workforce of women’s mental health specialists. Through continuous feedback loops, AI segmentation, and predictive insights, LunaJoy is built to scale. We’re expanding our in-network footprint to make this care accessible across commercial and Medicaid populations—closing equity gaps for women of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those most at risk. Women are twice as likely to experience mental health conditions, and 3x more likely to endure trauma. Yet the system is still built for the “average” patient—ignoring the biological, emotional, and social complexity of women’s lives. LunaJoy is rearchitecting that system with AI at its core—because when we invest in women’s mental health, entire communities thrive.

Joon is an integrated pediatric digital health platform for kids, starting with behavior disorders like ADHD, autism, anxiety, and depression. In Joon, kids access a game-based digital therapeutic where they level up when they do real-life behaviors that are managed by parents and clinicians. Over the next 10 years, we plan on being the first-line vertically integrated digital treatment for pediatric behavior disorders, leveraging the first of its kind technology to drive behavior change.

We're making every therapeutically valuable emotion available on demand in pharmaceutical form. Our Osmanthus platform is an ensemble of AI models that synthesize the world’s largest datasets of psychoactive pharmacology and phenomenology, quantitatively pinpointing the combination of neurotransmitter receptor activity that underlies various emotional as well as cognitive and perceptual states. Our lead program MSD-001 is designed to be rapid-acting and produce heightened emotional and cognitive flexibility without hallucinations. MSD-001 is currently in human trials, and will be the base ingredient for multiple drug combination "emotions in a bottle" such as empathy, awe, clarity, or beauty.

MindFi is an app that reduces burnout and improves mental health for employees. We sell to companies in Asia such as Deutsche Bank, KPMG, PatSnap, Visa. The team is headquartered in Singapore and consists of Bjorn, (ex-Zendesk product manager), psychologist Anita Sadasivan (UMich alum, ex-Raffles Hospital), Leon 2X startup founder with 2 exits and Gangeshwar, an award-winning AI engineer.

Are you looking for a platform that can help you overcome people and culture challenges? We combine human expertise with advanced data analytics to help you achieve the results you dream about. Our platform helps organizations build a great culture, hire the right talent and lead their people. There is no need to be guessing, and worrying all the time. Use Zoios to get real-time actions that will help you create an organization where employees thrive.

At Atmana, we help millennials cut down on technology addictions like gaming, pornography and social media. We have our solution consisting of blocking and techniques used in treating in alcohol and drug addiction like peer support groups, buddy program and psycho education. We also have a 2nd line of business: helping startups hire engineers from India. Hiring engineers from India can help you save cost while ensuring you have the same quality of talent in your team like you have in the US.

Shimmer provides ADHD coaching to people with ADHD or executive function challenges. Shimmer was born from a group of ADHD coaches, psychiatrists, doctors, and engineers to create a personalized, action-oriented playground for you and your coach to explore. We're not another list, calendar, or app: we're real human interactions paired with expert strategies, so that you can make real changes in your life. Come check us out! Our ADHD coaches partner with you to co-design a plan to achieve your goals. You'll experiment with strategies on a weekly basis to implement a routine fit specifically for you. Our program has been designed off science-backed methods in partnership with NYU, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Get your free ADHD Mastery Score > https://www.shimmer.care/assessment

Reframe is the leading app to help people cut back on drinking. Reframe uses neuroscience & psychology to help people shift the way they think about drinking & help build great habits. We don't believe in stigma or restrictions. In the past 12 months, Reframe has had over 2M+ users and has helped more people cut back on alcohol use than any other org worldwide.

Terapify offers high-quality on-demand mental healthcare for individuals and businesses. Currently, people in more than 45 countries take therapy with us on a recurring basis every month.

We’re on a mission to make behavioral health more available and accessible. We're backed by a16z, YCombinator, Craft, and many others to make this dream a reality. At Camber, we build software for clinicians to improve quality of care. We streamline and replace manual efforts so clinicians can focus on what they do best: providing high-quality care. — Healthcare is broken. We think this is a problem worth solving, and we think we know how to solve it. Interested? Check out https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/camber.

Osmind is the premier platform for clinicians and researchers advancing new life-saving mental health treatments. Today, mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, especially among young adults, and are tied to shortening lifespans. While there have been developments in new psychiatric medications since the first FDA approval in 1954, today there is a growing movement among clinicians, patients, and researchers who are recognizing the need to accelerate new science. The Osmind treatment platform is the first and only solution that solves specific challenges faced by neuropsychiatric clinics, spanning general psychiatry and interventional psychiatry (transcranial magnetic stimulation, ketamine, SPRAVATO®, psychedelic medicine, electroconvulsive therapy). The core electronic health record (EHR) technology is precisely developed for interventional treatment workflows and designed to support a strong therapeutic alliance, including journaling tools and assistance with health plan reimbursement, which is a significant access hurdle for millions of patients. Research from our platform is already helping to set new standards for mental health interventions. For example, in the largest published real-world analysis of ketamine infusion therapy for depression, we teamed up with Stanford University School of Medicine to share findings in the Journal of Affective Disorders (March 2022). We have multiple ongoing research studies leveraging our proprietary real-world data, including an even larger ketamine analysis leveraging machine learning to predict treatment outcomes. Osmind is a San Francisco–based public benefit corporation led by scientists, technologists, and psychiatrists. We are backed by top investors including DFJ Growth, General Catalyst, Future Ventures, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator.

Daybreak offers comprehensive and clinically-validated online mental health services designed for youth, like teletherapy, psychiatry and digital education. We partner with schools and pediatric groups to make access to services easy, and strive to deliver zero cost to the end consumer through insurance and government funding.

Ophelia helps people quit opioids without going to rehab. We offer online doctor’s visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and support for long-term recovery, using a protocol 6x more effective than most rehabs (2/3rds of which don't have doctors). More than 3 million Americans are addicted to opioids, but 80% are not getting help, due to jobs, families, and privacy concerns. Meanwhile, there's a proven treatment that increases survival rates by 600%, and it's low cost, discreet, and convenient. It's called MAT, and it looks like treatment for anxiety or depression: medication plus therapy. However, doctors need a special waiver to prescribe the medication, which fewer than 5% of them have, so it's difficult to get, and most people are buying it on the street. Sadly, drug dealers aren't doctors: every 11 minutes another American dies of an opioid overdose, now the #1 cause of death for Americans under 50. Ophelia is replacing rehab with telemedicine, using proven science and a consumer-first approach. The opioid treatment market in the U.S. is $15B, and 85% of opioid addicts have insurance that pays for it. We're treating roughly 400 patients with thousands more waiting. Zack started Ophelia after losing his girlfriend to an opioid overdose, who found it easier to get medication from a drug dealer than a doctor. We are raising money to help patients in waiting, grow our footprint, save lives, and earn venture-level returns for investors.

We are on a mission to help people understand what influence how they feel and what they can do to feel better. Stoic has more than 4 000 000 downloads, 100 000+ reviews with a 4.8/5 average and you can find it here http://apple.co/-stoic and here http://apple.co/stoic

MentalHappy is a secure and compliant platform that leverages AI and data-driven analytics to enhance the group-based therapy experience and boost client/patient engagement. Our platform streamlines administrative tasks for providers, improves group participant self-management capabilities, automates group participant check-ins, and identifies group members who may be at risk. Additional features on the platform allow providers to schedule and host virtual sessions, engage members in secure chat, and share health resources, and offer support groups

Meru Health is an online provider for greater mental health with remote clinicians (licensed therapists & psychiatrists), a smartphone-based treatment program, a biofeedback wearable and an anonymous peer-support group. Meru Health is committed to evidence-based care and has published groundbreaking clinical outcomes in several peer-reviewed medical journals with Harvard & UC Davis. Meru Health has offices in San Mateo CA, Denver CO and Helsinki, Finland.

Modern Health is the leading mental wellness platform that combines clinically validated assessments, personalized stress management support, an international network of certified behavioral health coaches, and licensed therapists to deliver mental health support across a broad range of individual needs. Modern Health empowers employers to lead the charge in helping their employees be less stressed, more engaged, and happier through evidence-based technology and professional support. Modern Health has raised over $170M from top investors Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and John Doerr and supports over 200 companies globally including Lyft, Pixar, SoFi, Credit Karma, Electronic Arts, Cooley, and Okta.

BloomAPI simplifies how medical records are transferred. Today the majority of records are still moved by fax and couriers. Patients, Doctors, and Insurance companies all benefit when medical records are available when they are needed for the care of patients. We make this possible.

Our mission is to improve quality of life for millions of people by providing easy, immediate access to the world’s best sleep care. Sleep Reset is a modern, digital sleep clinic that delivers end-to-end care for every sleep issue — from insomnia to sleep apnea and beyond — all in one place. Available completely online, we make it simple to get evaluated, diagnosed, and treated without long wait times or in-person visits. Built in collaboration with leading sleep experts and top academic institutions, Sleep Reset combines clinical evaluation, personalized treatment plans, and ongoing care tailored to each individual. Members can access evidence-based therapies, at-home sleep testing, and clinician-guided treatment — all designed to address the root causes of poor sleep, not just the symptoms. Whether you’re struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or dealing with underlying conditions like sleep apnea, Sleep Reset provides a clear path to better sleep and better health. Our approach is personalized, clinically grounded, and designed for lasting results. Sleep Reset has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, and INSIDER. The company was founded by Yunha Kim, a serial entrepreneur recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, and is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Stanford University, and a network of top founders and operators.

Users perform millions of calls and send hundreds of millions of messages every month. The topics vary from language practicing to mental issues to personal life conversations.

7 Cups of Tea is an on-demand emotional health and well-being service. Our bridging technology anonymously & securely connects real people to real listeners in one-on-one chat. Anyone who wants to talk about whatever is on their mind can quickly reach out to a trained, compassionate listener through our network. We have hundreds of listeners who come from all walks of life and have diverse experiences. People connect with listeners on 7 Cups of Tea for all kinds of reasons, from big existential thoughts to small, day-to-day things that we all experience. Unlike talking to family or friends, a 7 Cups of Tea listener doesn’t judge or try to solve problems and say what to do. Our listeners just listen. They understand. They give you the space you need to help you clear your head.

We provide a self-assessment which identifies the underlying causes of poor wellbeing and match proven solutions for individuals and teams. https://www.quanwellbeing.com/

Inflow is a self-help app for people to manage their ADHD. They provide support through psychoeducation, habit development, and community.

We're building the nation's largest digital diabetes platform for underserved Americans. There are 80 million Americans on Medicaid and 30% or more have chronic disease. Less than 1% of patients with diabetes receive needed training. We provide a SMS-based telehealth platform to people with chronic disease on Medicaid. Our proven Healthy at Home program uses 2-way SMS interactions, weekly diabetes coaching visits, and evidence-based health education. Our vision is to reach millions of Americans that lack at-home support for chronic disease. We're billing health insurance $186 for telehealth visits and have 2 contracts underway. With your support, we can be a fully sustainable nonprofit by 2023.

Chorus is a mobile app and coaching program that helps employees sleep better. We do this by combining sleep coaching, short lessons, and relaxing audio sessions that help employees, and their families, fall asleep faster and get better quality sleep through the night.

Sayana is a mental wellness app that helps people track their thoughts and feelings daily, get relevant tips on how to cope with emotions, and match with people in a similar life situation.

We empower mental healthcare clients with virtual reality sessions that are additive to traditional therapy. Clients regain their self-reliance the moment they are given the chance to contribute to their treatment. Therapists can focus on the aspects of treatment that e-health is not equiped to deal with. Treatment efficiency goes up - costs go down: E-health the way it was meant to be.

Kip combines traditional in-person therapy with a private app so that you get the most out of every session. Meet your therapist in person and start working on your personalized care plan. Share daily thoughts, feelings, and events with your therapist on Kip's private app. Achieve measurable results with Kip's science-backed, results-driven approach. Not your average therapy service, Kip makes therapy more effective by combining in-person visits with digital support in-between.