WHO Predicts 20% of the Indian Population is going to suffer from mental illness by 2020. For a country of 1.3 Billion People that’s a huge number.  Added to that there is a huge shortage of mental health workers. There is only “one per 100,00 people”. So no matter what policies are created, India has a long journey ahead.  The story just starts here. Seeking help for mental health related problems is kind of a taboo in the country. You are branded as a mad person immediately.  With the rise of Social Media and cheap data plans, mobile & internet penetration is at an all time high in the country. And people are opening up to their mobiles like never before. Research and studies have shown that people are more comfortable in opening up to anonymous machines than they are to humans.  We felt that technology can help us in this area. With the rise of AI, machines are becoming smarter than ever before. Today your mobile can set up an appointment, book movie tickets and even remind you to pay your bills on time. But it lacks the emotions that a human brings.  Hence, we decided to build an Emotional Bot - InnerBuddha, which people call as their 2 AM friend. While Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant are more like your co-workers this is more like your friend. A digital companion.  Created by a group of psychologists and AI engineers, InnerBuddha marries the best of both worlds - psychology and technology.