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Koko

Making mental health accessible to everyone.

Y CombinatorWinter 2022ActiveHealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness

What they do

Problem

Millions of people, especially young people, struggle to access timely and affordable mental health support online.

Solution

The company provides free digital mental health tools and partners with online communities to identify and help at-risk individuals directly on their platforms.

Who it's for

Online communities and their users, particularly young people seeking mental health support.

Founders

Rob Morris
Founder

Rob Morris is the co-founder of Koko — a behavioral health platform that has served 2M people, mostly adolescents. Most recently, he was a staff data scientist at Airbnb and an entrepreneur in residence at Hopelab. Rob earned his AB in psychology from Princeton University and his master's and PhD in media arts and sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kareem Kouddous
Founder

Founderd Suzy, Koko (sold to Airbnb), Airbnb Trust & Safety leadership now back to Koko as a non-profit. A few failed startups before that. Coding since grade school. Dreaming forever.

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