The Path, a new AI therapy app co-founded by Tony Robbins, raises $14.3 million and scores 95 on mental health safety benchmark

The Path, co-founded by Anson Whitmer, Tyler Sheaffer, and Tony Robbins, raised $14.3 million in seed funding led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, boxer Deontay Wilder, and Designer Fund. The app lets users choose from 11 virtual AI therapists.

The Path's AI model scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark Vera-MH, compared to a top score of 65 for consumer bots. The model is post-trained from open source models and is designed to challenge users by digging out assumptions rather than reinforcing ideas, as consumer chatbots do.

Whitmer, formerly an early employee at meditation app Calm, built The Path after observing that AI interactive audio was resonating with users of his previous mental health app for men called Mental. The app is currently free and plans to charge $40 a month eventually.