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Behind Mentalyc

We are a team of people passionate about the health of healers doing the hard work of psychotherapy and counseling. Helping our healers and their clients is what motivates us to innovate around the clock to deliver the best experience possible.

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Mentalyc's Team

Our Mission

To create an AI-based app that fully automates note-taking in therapy, while creating a unique, anonymized data set for research of the most effective interventions.

Our Vision

More effective end-efficient therapy. Truly measurable, data-driven, and insightful.

Our Values

Curiosity

We ask questions and innovate.

Kindness

We care.

Collaboration

We do it together.

Courage

We rise to the challenge and never give up.

Integrity

We walk the talk, earn trust, and safeguard data.


Meet Our Co-Founders

Maria Szandrach

Maria Szandrach

CEO

Third-time founder and ex-McKinsey. Previous startups: Insurance and Mental Health, worked as a head of growth in a series B startup. As a teenager, Maria went to therapy for an eating disorder. She switched therapists 5 times before she eventually recovered. She devoted her career to making therapy more effective and efficient.

Georgi Urumov

Georgi Urumov

CTO

Machine Learning Engineer and Software Developer. Worked in various startups, and managed ML teams. He left his well-paying job to devote his work to helping others. When he met Maria in an accelerator and co-interviewed 100 therapists with her, it became clear to him that his AI skills can make a fundamental change in the field.


Meet the Rest of the Team

Nikolay Penkov

ML Engineer

Stephen

Growth

Adrien

Design

Guilherme

Design

Tobi

Software Engineer

Ehab

Psychology AI

Ben

Project Management

Eseosa

Marketing

Emmanuel

Software Engineer

Malik

Operations

Omar

Software Engineer

George

Design

Hossam

Machine Learning Engineer

Samuel

Software Engineer

Angela

Content

Salwa

Content

Courtney

Content

Marissa

Content


Our Advisors

Brac Selph

Brac Selph, PsyD

Psych. and Supervision

Associate Professor from UCSF and Stanford. 20 years of clinical practice.

Kevin M. Ramotar

Kevin M. Ramotar, PsyD

Ethics and Quality

Ethics leader focused on clinical ethics and quality assurance for therapists.


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Affiliate Partners

My Outcomes

Outcome measurement for evidence-based practice


Investors and Accelerators

Berkeley Skydeck
Entrepreneur First Joinef

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