Jimini Health raises $17M for AI mental health chatbot
Get the Health newsletter
Daily health & science — research, biotech, public health, the studies worth knowing. Free.
- Jimini Health raised $17 million in seed funding to launch its mental health AI platform Sage, bringing total funding to $25 million to date
- Sage is designed to interact with patients continuously throughout treatment while operating under the supervision of a clinician, positioning AI as a clinical team member rather than a standalone therapist
- Jimini plans to roll out Sage initially with large behavioral health organizations, targeting institutional partners rather than direct-to-consumer chatbot users
- Investors in the round include M13, Town Hall Ventures, LionBird, Zetta Venture Partners, and OneMind
- The startup's thesis explicitly contrasts with the 'chatbot-as-therapist' model, framing supervised integration into a clinical workflow as the genuine market opportunity in behavioral health
Why it matters: With $25 million raised and backing from five investors, Jimini is testing whether AI mental health tools gain traction by augmenting clinicians rather than replacing them — a positioning aimed at large behavioral health organizations concerned about liability and regulatory scrutiny around unsupervised AI therapy.
