Slingshot AI is dedicated to helping people change their minds and lives in the ways they want to. Their mission is to build Ash, an AI therapy assistant that aims to provide mental health support leveraging foundation models for psychology.

Founded in January 2024, Slingshot AI addresses the growing mental health crisis by creating technology designed to respect individual uniqueness and promote autonomy, competence, and relatedness in mental health care. Their AI is intended to not replace therapy but to offer accessible support to those in need, helping users become the best version of themselves.

They emphasize understanding and learning from various psychological approaches like CBT, DBT, ACT, gestalt, and psychodynamic therapies. Their AI respects the user's self-determination and is designed not to give definitive answers but to help users take control of their lives.

Slingshot AI's product, Ash, has been beta tested by over 25,000 users including therapists, receiving positive feedback for being private, useful, compassionate, and helpful in managing anxiety and personal growth.