WSJ Tech News Briefing · Saturday, September 12, 2026

Slingshot AI Aims to Provide Immediate Mental Health Support

Slingshot AI, co-founded by Neil Parekh in 2023, has developed a chatbot named Ash to offer instant mental health support. The app is designed to help users process their problems and is available anytime, addressing a key issue of accessibility in mental healthcare.

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“Getting mental health support to people whenever they needed, was a big reason why Neil Parekh, co-founded Slingshot in 2023.”

Alex Ozelev

“You have a problem, you can show up. And Ash is there to help you think through that.”

Neil Parekh

Heard on WSJ Tech News Briefing — “Is AI the Answer to America’s Mental-Health Crisis?”, published Saturday, September 12, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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