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Dr. Yusuf Sherwani on scaling Pelago, raising $150M, and the future of AI therapy

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Long-time StartUp Health community member Yusuf Sherwani, MD, didn't set out to build an AI mental health specialist. Nine years ago, he co-founded Pelago ( https://startuphealth.com/pelago ) as a virtual clinic for substance use disorder – called Quit...

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