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He Built Weapons for the Navy. Then He Built a Teddy Bear That Listens.
Jacob Boyle graduated with $90 and a foam robot named MARCo. Seven years later it has talked with more than 15,000 people across 13 countries - and in a handful of cases, it called for help before things got worse.
The Company That Built a Drug-Free Trip You Can Buy on the App Store
A game-industry executive turned a lifelong meditation habit into the first mindfulness app on the Meta Quest. Now TRIPP is betting an AI guide named Kōkua can follow you off the headset and into your pocket.
Calm
Calm is a San Francisco-based mental wellness company best known for its meditation and sleep app, which pairs guided meditations, celebrity-narrated Sleep Stories, music and soundscapes into a subscription product. Founded in 2012 by Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew, Calm has grown from a simple 'do nothing for two minutes' web experiment into one of the most downloaded wellness apps in the world, expanding into employer benefits (Calm Business) and a clinical mental-health platform (Calm Health) reaching tens of millions of people.