companies

Youper

AI chatbot for daily mood check-ins that applies CBT techniques to help users reframe thoughts and track anxiety and depression symptoms over time.

In inglese

Youper was founded in San Francisco in 2016 by Jose Hamilton Vargas, a physician, and Diego Dotta, with the goal of putting basic cognitive behavioral therapy techniques into a conversational format people would actually use daily rather than open once and abandon. The app asks users a short set of check-in questions each day, uses natural language processing to interpret free-text answers, and responds with CBT-style reframing prompts. Over time, Youper layered in validated clinical questionnaires for anxiety and depression (such as GAD-7 and PHQ-9 style assessments) so users can see trend lines rather than just anecdotal mood notes, and the company has published data suggesting meaningful average reductions in self-reported anxiety and depression scores among regular users. The company is backed by roughly $5 million in funding from investors including Goodwater Capital and has stayed a small, focused team rather than expanding into enterprise or clinical partnerships the way some competitors have, keeping its focus on the direct-to-consumer app.

Founded

2016

Headquarters

San Francisco, United States

Sector

consumer