Life doesn't wait for business hours. Neither does Yuna.

The Yuna team at the company's SHRM conference booth

Why we
built Yuna

Hi, I'm Grant. I started Yuna because the moments that matter most for our mental health rarely happen in a therapist's office. They happen at 2am, on a Sunday afternoon, in the five minutes before a hard conversation, and for most of us, there's never been anything there to meet them. Waitlists stretch for months, and scheduled appointments with strangers aren't how people actually reach for help.

I believe AI finally changes that. Not a chatbot that answers questions, but an always-available, clinically-informed companion that remembers your story and grows with you over time. That's what we set out to build, and it's what I couldn't stop thinking about until it existed.

My hope is simple: that unlimited, private, affordable support lives in every person's pocket, for the moment they need it. Thanks for being here, and for taking the time to get to know us.

Grant Winns

Co-Founder & CEO

Grant Winns, co-founder and CEO of Yuna, making a heart shape with his hands

Our Scientific
Advisory Board

  • Tara Deliberto, Ph.D.

    Tara Deliberto, Ph.D.

    Co-Founder & Head of Psychology. Clinical psychologist and treatment innovator. Former Cornell medical faculty.

  • Jennifer Huberty, Ph.D.

    Jennifer Huberty, Ph.D.

    Head of Science. Founder of Fit Minded. Built the science function at Calm from zero. NIH- and CDC-funded researcher.

  • Kelsey McAlister, Ph.D.

    Kelsey McAlister, Ph.D.

    Research Scientist. First author on all three of Yuna's outcomes studies, including our mood-and-stress analysis.

  • Tim Mullen, Ph.D.

    Tim Mullen, Ph.D.

    Advisor. Founder and CEO of Intheon, building neurotechnology platforms. Venture partner at Lionheart Ventures.

  • Joni Reicher

    Joni Reicher

    Advisor. Former Senior Director of Worldwide HR at Apple. Built people functions at HP, Agilent and Airbnb.

  • Lily Eckstein

    Lily Eckstein

    Quality & Safety Reviewer. Clinically trained. Reads flagged conversations every week against our safety rubric.

  • Justin Nahama

    Justin Nahama

    Advisor. Founding Partner and Chief Wellbeing Officer at Pierson Ferdinand. Former Marine JAG and federal prosecutor.

  • Rickpaul Singh Vander

    Rickpaul Singh Vander

    Advisor. Fractional general counsel to technology and digital-health companies. Washington University School of Law.

Crowds visiting Yuna's booth beneath its circular banner at the SHRM conference

Change
1 billion lives

The best predictor of whether support works isn't the method. It's the relationship. That's never been possible at scale, because you can't build a relationship with something that forgets you between conversations.

Yuna remembers your story and grows with you. We're harnessing AI to make that kind of support affordable, personal, and available to everyone, and to change 1 billion lives.

Real people. Real outcomes.

Before we ever sold to an employer, people found Yuna on their own and kept coming back.

60K+
People supported
155
Countries reached
2.5M+
Conversations and counting
70%
Report lower stress after one session

Building the future of
mental health.

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