AI That Detects Mental Health Crises

Mental health care faces a critical gap: psychiatrists are in short supply, intake processes are slow, and patients in crisis often fall through the cracks. Mentaily, founded in 2024 at Sheba Medical Center's ARC Innovation Center in Israel, built LIV — an AI Clinical Decision Support System that simulates psychiatric intake sessions and provides real-time detection of deterioration and high-risk situations.

The $3M seed round, supplemented by an additional $2M in grants, brings the company's total funding to $5M. Co-founded by Iris Shtein (CEO), Guy Yachin (COO USA), Prof. Mark Weiser, Dr. Asaf Caspi (CMO), and Dr. Daniel Cohen, Mentaily brings together AI expertise and clinical psychiatry in a founding team uniquely positioned to tackle this challenge.

From Israeli Hospitals to Global Deployment

LIV is already deployed across hospitals, HMOs, rehabilitation centers, and government organizations in Israel, proving its clinical value in real-world settings. The platform's ability to detect psychiatric emergencies in real time — flagging suicidal ideation, psychotic episodes, and other acute crises — gives clinicians the early warning system they've never had. With deployment spanning 21 countries on its roadmap, Mentaily is positioning LIV as the standard for AI-assisted psychiatric triage worldwide.