Politico June 11, 2024
Toni Odejimi, Daniel Payne and Ruth Reader

Google is assisting health startups to develop artificial intelligence technologies.

It’s one of the tech giant’s Growth Academy initiative called AI and Health, a three-month program that chooses startups from Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The startups get Google mentors and AI experts who work one-on-one with the companies and continue to assist them after the program ends.

A startup’s story: One winner is Thalia Psychotherapy, a Kenya-based company that uses AI to bring mental health services, including screenings, to Kenyans and other African countries.

Dennis Mwangi, managing partner for...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Govt Agencies, Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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