Grow Therapy

At Grow, our mission is to make high-quality mental healthcare accessible to all. Getting that right takes great engineering. We're thrilled to welcome Achin Batra as our SVP of Engineering. He's spent two decades building teams and products in healthcare and tech, and we're excited he's here. Read on to see why he thinks joining Grow is such an opportunity, and what it takes to build a great engineering org today. Link 👉 https://lnkd.in/gYp9BgJP

Right around the timing David Wu, MD, PhD and Fateme (Fatima) Nateghi put out the first NoHarm preprint in December last year, NYT and other media were reporting alarming case reports of mental health harm from patients using AI chatbots. Psychiatry and mental health was not one of the ten specialities the team tested then, because mental health is nuanced and requires the right partnerships and expertise in place. Excited to have John Havlik, MD, MBA and Grow team up on this highly important line of research to improve mental health AI chatbot testing and safety. Manoj Kanagaraj, MD Jonathan H. Chen Kristina McPherson Matt Scult, PhD, Kevin Ramotar, Psy.D., CPHQ

When someone needs mental health support, the best option is care designed for it. At Grow, our AI coach was built by clinicians to work alongside a licensed therapist. That human-led model is what we'd want for the people we care about in need, and it's what we believe sets the standard. At the same time, some people will turn to general-purpose AI already in front of them. Those tools weren't designed for mental health, and right now there's no shared way to understand their safety. That needs to change. Grow has partnered with Stanford University, Dr. Jonathan H. Chen and a team of Stanford Psychiatrists to build a gold standard for measuring harm in AI responses, evaluated against what licensed professionals would stand behind. Most AI safety testing relies on hypothetical examples. This research incorporates real-world scenarios using anonymized conversations with Grow's AI coach, creating a more rigorous assessment of AI performance in a mental health setting. The findings will be public, helping establish a benchmark that will raise the standard for mental health AI. Thank you Dr. Ethan Goh, MD from our AI Advisory Panel for helping shape this work. Read more https://lnkd.in/gzTvYt4b and stay tuned for the results in the coming months.

We started Grow because everyone should be able to find mental health care that works for them. We’re grateful that Fast Company recognized Grow Therapy as a World Changing Idea. The idea behind Grow has always been straightforward: build a platform that empowers providers, works with insurance, and helps people find effective care they can afford. Today: - 26,000+ licensed providers build their practices on Grow - 220 million Americans can access support through their insurance - 80% of clients using our platform show clinical improvement within 30 days. Thank you to the entire Grow team for the urgency, thoughtfulness, and care you put toward this mission every day. We’re proud of what we’ve built together, and focused on getting better each day as we build the kind of mental healthcare we’d want for our loved ones. https://lnkd.in/dX9i9iV2

In healthcare, notifications are a critical part of the care journey. When they work, clients show up, and providers can focus on care. When they don't, it affects everything. When we hit the limits of what our notification setup could handle, we started over. In our latest engineering blog, Evan McDaniel, Martin Cservenka, and Avery Huang walk through how we went from a fragmented setup to a centralized notification engine that supports millions of visits. Read more below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gz75cQcu

What does it actually look like to provide disability-informed care? In this conversation, disability advocate Lolo Spencer and therapist Stephanie Anyakwo, LMFT get honest about where mental health care falls short for disabled clients and what providers can do differently. They cover a lot of ground: diagnostic overshadowing, intake design, the role of community and identity, and the blind spots that even well-meaning clinicians tend to miss. It's a conversation worth having. Watch it here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gqM6dNNX

Grow has been recognized as #𝟑 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸! 🎉 This achievement belongs to our amazing team. Every day, team members show up with care and intention, driven by a genuine belief that everyone deserves access to quality mental health care. The culture we've built is a true reflection of their dedication. Thank you to everyone who helps make Grow a great place to work. #LifeAtGrow #FortuneBestWorkplaces

For one day in San Diego, our provider community got to do something rare: step away from their screens and into a room full of people who truly understand the work. Between sessions, meals, and conversations in the hallway, providers exchanged ideas, shared challenges, celebrated wins, and built relationships that will last far beyond the summit itself. At Grow, we believe community isn't a nice-to-have. It's a critical part of helping clinicians thrive in a profession that can often feel isolating. That's why we bring providers together to connect with peers who are navigating the same questions, opportunities, and ambitions. Here's a look back at Grow Forward Summit 2026. 🎥

Our vision is to make mental healthcare accessible and affordable to all. But this isn't just a mission statement we leave on the website. Our engineering team weaves it into every layer of the product, including the infrastructure that most people never see. Take a look at our latest engineering blog post to see how our team built a fault-tolerant eligibility infrastructure that keeps care accessible even when payer APIs aren't. https://lnkd.in/eFmF525v

We are so much bigger than what we feel.