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Slingshot AI

also referred to as: slingshot

6 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 31, 2025 by Daniel Reid Cahn · said 7 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jul 31, 2025
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Cahn: Slingshot AI is building a foundation model for psychology
“We call our technology a foundation model for psychology, and at the core, when we think about what we build as a company, Ash is our product, our foundation model for psychology is what we build”
Daniel Reid Cahn Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 25:44 Health Tech Founders: The Future of Care Is Personalized, Proactive—and AI-Powered
Jul 31, 2025 positive
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Cahn: AI therapy must challenge users rather than validate them
“People don't like that. That's not what's helpful. That's not what builds a therapeutic alliance. What builds an alliance is being challenged. It's finding a new way to look at your problem.”
Daniel Reid Cahn Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 16:17 Health Tech Founders: The Future of Care Is Personalized, Proactive—and AI-Powered
Jul 31, 2025
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Cahn: Slingshot AI trains new models roughly every two days
“We train new models, like almost every day. Right now, it's like every two days, but there's this constant sense of improvement that's really important.”
Daniel Reid Cahn Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 11:37 Health Tech Founders: The Future of Care Is Personalized, Proactive—and AI-Powered
Jul 31, 2025
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Cahn: AI products shouldn't just replicate human therapist or doctor workflows
“We can't just take what's existed with humans and then just pretend that an AI can do exactly the same thing.”
Daniel Reid Cahn Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 6:57 Health Tech Founders: The Future of Care Is Personalized, Proactive—and AI-Powered
Jul 31, 2025
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Cahn: Ash AI therapy users average engagement at least thrice weekly
“I would say that our users who come in, users tend to come in when they really need help. And as a result, I would say like our normal usage is something like at least three times a week that people are talking and it varies.”
Daniel Reid Cahn Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 14:33 Health Tech Founders: The Future of Care Is Personalized, Proactive—and AI-Powered
Jan 19, 2026 bullish
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Acharya: OpenAI lacks the proprietary therapist data powering Slingshot
“Of course, OpenAI and ChatGPT are formidable, but they simply don't have the data that Slingshot has, and as a result, Slingshot's able to provide a differentiated and high-priced product, and it's working well.”
Anish Acharya Jan 19, 2026 ▶ 55:42 The AI Opportunity that goes beyond Models
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