GHEORG
AI-powered mental wellness for every child, everywhere.
At a glance
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Development stage
Startup / generating revenue
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Investment stage
Seed
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UNSW affiliation
Founders startup
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Technology readiness level
TRL 7
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Female led
Yes
The first clinically validated, AI-safe paediatric mental health platform led by a PhD psychologist with 30+ years’ experience and a Wharton MBA, serving 78 countries and over one million children globally.
Clinically validated AI companion delivering paediatric mental health support at scale.
GHEORG is an AI-powered paediatric mental health platform for children aged 4–12, combining evidence-based care with a clinically safe conversational chatbot. Operating in 78 countries and scaling to over one million children in 2026, it integrates across schools, health systems, and families, using the first empirically validated AI safety tool for child-facing chatbots.
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GHEORG is an AI chat platform accessible via web, iOS, and Android. The AI character “Gheorg” engages children in clinically guided conversations using cognitive-behavioural, mindfulness, and positive psychology techniques adapted for developmental age. Separate dashboards give parents, clinicians, and schools real-time wellbeing insights and crisis alerts.
Revenue is generated through institutional licensing (health systems, school districts, insurers) and a direct consumer subscription, with a SaaS model that scales unit economics as user volume grows.
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- Child mental health services are inaccessible, expensive, and under-resourced: globally, 70% of children with mental health needs receive no care. Schools and health systems lack scalable, clinically safe tools to intervene early.
- Parents face 12–24 month waitlists. GHEORG gives institutions a cost-effective, always-on solution that reaches children before crises escalate, reducing downstream clinical burden and liability.
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- K–12 school districts and departments of education
- Paediatric health systems and hospitals
- Health insurers and managed care organisations
- Parents via direct consumer subscription
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- Contracts in place to serve over 1 million children across 78 countries
- Beta completed with 1,000+ children; developing licensing agreement with Geisinger Health System (US)
- SAFE investment from Scully Foundation, being assessed for Mayo Clinic Platform partnership
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