Last week marked the end of my time on Jamie’s Gapyear Program (JGP). I’ve documented extensively about my progress this year, but none would be possible without the giants who graciously lend their shoulder for me to stand on. Here are the giants: Jamie, the catalyst for my journey into entrepreneurship, thank you for giving […]
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Spent 2 weeks in Silicon Valley listening to lectures from successful businesspeople and VC partners. Learned a great deal from speaking to many industry leaders and inspiring students. Notably, a conversation with Monique Nadeau, CEO of EatLove PRO, greatly familiarised me with Healthcare Data regulations, a topic which I knew little about. In London, I
One of the questions I get asked most is “Why did you create Calmi?” The simple answer: to bridge the gap to accessible mental health care. Traditional therapy, despite its merits, faces many limitations. Everyone has caught a cold before, and everyone knows what to do when you catch a cold. Head to your nearby
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TL;DR: Calmi massively improved after finishing the first round of beta testing. Finished creating my website. Invited to speak at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University regarding my entrepreneurial experience. Calmi was featured at SITCON, Students’ Information Technology Conference 2024. Thanks to our testers, after four weeks of committed testing and feedback, Calmi has improved
I am happy to announce that I have begun beta-testing Calmi. I have recruited 36 participants—mostly comprised of university students from the UK, Hong Kong, and Taiwan—for four weeks of committed testing. Special thanks to Netaniah Pinto for the recruitment help. On other notes, I’m still studying frfront-end development. I recently completed a comprehensive
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I spent December doing small group user testing and improving the overall user experience with Calmi. I made changes to the bot’s responses to improve the flow of the conversation. I’m currently looking into ways to make the bot more user friendly to first time users, since most users weren’t getting the most out of
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It’s here guys!!! After 4 months of hard work, it’s finally here. I proudly present to you “Calmi”, an AI that you can talk with to help you with your mental health problems. Calmi can help you deal with stress-producing thoughts by identifying and helping you change your negative thinking patterns. Calmi is
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Exciting news!!! I figured out how to integrate the cognitive restructuring exercise into my chatbot! I’ve also adjusted my bot to address the issues raised in previous testings. Preliminary user feedback indicated a significant improvement to user’s experience with the bot. In addition to being empathetic to the user, the bot is now giving concrete
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September was eventful. On the development side, I created a prototype of Li early in the month to test whether delivering CBT self-help treatments through a chatbot is a viable option. A large chunk of the month was spent testing and adjusting Li’s backend instructions in python to make the “Cognitive Restructuring” (CR) exercise as
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Early august was spent learning how to use ChatGPT’s API, and researching current AI chat bots that deliver mental health support. I also expanded my scope to the whole “self-care” market to gain a better understanding of the success criteria in this market. After comprehensive research, I’ve identified fundamental flaws in currently available mental health
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