About The Guest

As a former patient and longtime peer-support counselor, Michiel was compelled to start X2 AI, a technology company providing mental health support through conversations with an AI digital coach chatbot. To date, X2’s chatbot has provided access to 29 million people and has de-escalated over 8,000 suicides.

Michiel also leads The X2 Foundation, a non-profit aiding underserved communities by providing free access to X2’s chatbot technology. Michiel and his team at X2 believe that mental health care should be equitable and available to everyone, regardless of geographic location or income level. Nonprofits interested in partnering can find more information here: https://www.x2ai.com/impact.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/x2_ai

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/x2ai/

E-mail: info@x2ai.com

About The Episode

One of the interesting things with Artificial Intelligence that has been quite apparent in other podcast episodes is its diversity of application. For those of us following this impressive technology it seems that there is no place where AI can’t be used. Nonetheless, I was both surprised and intrigued when I came across X2 AI and their Tess chatbot, which essentially allows people to have conversations with a an AI, that is specifically designed for mental health support. If you’re at all curious about how this is possible, what kind of benefits that an AI therapist can bring to people, and whether we will have human therapists in the future, then this episode is for you. My guest to talk about the AI chatbot Tess, is Michiel Rauws, Founder and CEO of X2 AI for Mental Health Chat Support.