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  • China
  • 4 min read
  • Jul 15, 2019
  • By Megan Wang

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Startup's 24/7 services will include AI-powered chatbots to help more Chinese cope with mental health issues, amid lack of therapists

In 2007, serial entrepreneur Xu Yingqi began suffering from severe auditory hallucinations, imagining that all his employees were avoiding him. Huge pressure from work and interpersonal relationships made his condition even worse.
His childhood friend and psychology professor Zhu Haoliang immediately gave Xu talk therapy, which helped him. Moved by his personal experience, Xu went on to found mental health services platform Yidianling in August 2015, with the Wenzhou University professor as Vice-President. The startup received initial funding of over US$2m in 2016 and secured an undisclose...

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