Company: Yung Sidekick
Co-Founders: Michael Reider (CEO) and Alexander Anastasin (CBDO)
Website: https://yung-sidekick.com/
About Yung Sidekick
Yung Sidekick is an AI-powered mental health note-taking and analytics platform. Our platform lets mental-health clinicians record a session, then automatically produces precise clinical notes while flagging early markers of depression, anxiety, and disengagement straight from the audio. We were among the first movers in this niche and still direct an unusually large slice of our funding into R&D to keep a technical edge. To date we have processed more than 135,000 therapy sessions and attracted over five thousand registered clinicians.
The idea surfaced while we were experimenting with self-help programs driven by minimal therapist input. During therapist interviews somebody casually mentioned that documentation swallowed absurd amounts of their time, so we started to ask more therapists whether that matched their reality; every single one confirmed the pain without prompting. That validation pushed us to shelve the self-help angle and tackle note taking head-on.
How did we launch? Each founder spent hours on LinkedIn adding therapists, explaining the problem in plain language, and inviting them to use the product free in exchange for blunt feedback. Those chats onboarded every early user for three months. When bug lists shrank and gratitude notes appeared, we switched on billing, and the first payment landed about ninety days after outreach began.
Growth began with the same founder-led outreach. Early adopters became allies; we asked each for introductions to practice owners, opening doors to multi-provider clinics and larger contracts. Content followed. Instead of generic blogs we publish deep guides on documentation law, audit preparation, and insurance coding, then share them in therapist Facebook groups and niche newsletters, driving steady organic trials.
Credibility was the final hurdle. We emailed university researchers, offered the platform free for independent study, and after months of data collection secured the first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed paper that confirmed the effectiveness of Yung Sidekick for psychotherapists. It showed that therapists using AI assistants spent 55% less time on documentation, improved adherence to treatment plans, and reported better therapy outcomes. It is helping a lot with our outreach to clinics.
Our latest milestones:
– Healthie integration: Yung Sidekick integrated directly with Healthie, one of the leading EHR platforms for behavioral health in the U.S. Now our session notes automatically sync into a provider account, streamlining documentation and reducing admin time.
– UK expansion: internationally, we launched in the UK through a partnership with Write Upp, a widely adopted EHR system used by thousands of allied health professionals.
– Custom note builder: We also made a fundamental shift in how notes are generated. Instead of relying on static note formats, we launched an AI-powered custom note builder. Practitioners can now describe, in plain language, the exact style or structure they need — whether it is EMDR, CBT, a nutrition progress note, a supervision case, or even a psychiatric evaluation — and the system will generate a tailored format with our signature clinical precision.
