Episode 04: AI and Mental Health - Identifying Trauma Using Voice Recognition Technology

Dr. Yared Alemu
Founder & CEO, TQIntelligence
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yared-alemu-ph-d-341a8979/

Voice data is the future. In this episode we talk to Dr. Yared Alemu, founder and CEO of TQIntelligence, that uses AI and voice recognition technology to identify and diagnose trauma in at-risk, under-privileged youth. We discuss the lack of funding, expertise and data in public mental health services today and how TQIntelligence addresses this challenge and strives to provide quality mental health services to these communities. We discuss what trauma is and the challenges of collecting data and addressing its biases. Dr. Alemu also shares his experience as a Black founder in the startup ecosystem and we discuss the cognitive energy minorities have to expend in order to exist in certain spaces. Lastly we discuss the future and why you should pay attention to Walmart and Amazon when it comes to the future of mental health services