Use-cases of machine learning in the previous three decades have gone from the impressive but impractical achievements of beating Chess Grand Masters to being integral to some of the world’s most used commercial applications like Google Search.
Slingshot is taking Large Language Models in a new direction, using its machine-learning tools to train generative AI in deep psychology. The aim is to build machine learning models that can perform modern therapy through Ash, set to be the first AI counselor, driving down the cost of mental healthcare.
Slingshot is attempting to democratize access to mental health care through the increasingly complex capabilities of ML. What started for Slingshot as a general exploration of machine learning has developed into a potentially significant and singular product. Whilst the proof will be in the pudding, Ash still being in development, Slingshot has won investor confidence evidenced by its $6 million seed fundign round in 2022.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle