AI mental health app taps into smartphone use

Australian startup Svelte Ventures has created an app called Frank that uses AI to scan smartphones to monitor mental health.

Svelte Ventures co-founders Dave Chetcuti, Danny Connery and Joey Cassar. Briony Schadegg not pictured.

The new ‘mood technology’ is currently undergoing trials in Adelaide, South Australia and is set to launch in mid-2021.

The AI technology behind Frank measures the user’s cognitive health by language recognition, similar to how a Fitbit…