A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion | TechCrunch

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  • Robyn is an empathic, emotionally intelligent AI for people.
  • Founder Jenny Shao previously worked in the lab of Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel to research human memory.
  • The startup has raised $5.5 million in seed funding led by M13 with participation from Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen, early Canva investor Bill Tai, ex-Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman, and X.ai co- founder Christian Szegedy.
  • The app gives users a crisis line number and points them to the nearest ER if they talk about self-harm.
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