Tee

Talkspace

Talkspace's clinician-built AI mental-health companion

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Clinician-Built CBT Risk Escalation Encrypted

Launched 8/2026

Product Type

Software

Platform

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Languages

English

Regions

Global

Pricing

Subscription

Price

7-day free trial, then US$19.99 / month

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Last updated 2026-10-04· Content established

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About This Tool

Tee is an AI mental-health companion from Talkspace (NASDAQ: TALK), the virtual behavioral-health provider, built by licensed psychiatrists and clinical teams and fine-tuned on 14 years of Talkspace's own de-identified clinical conversation data. It offers a private, judgment-free 24/7 space using evidence-based techniques like CBT and motivational interviewing to help with stress, relationships, anxiety, and life decisions. With HIPAA-grade privacy, it detects extreme distress and escalates to a human therapist. For ages 18+, it's a clinically grounded alternative to general-purpose chatbots.

Background

Tee was launched by Talkspace (founded 2012, NASDAQ: TALK) on 2026-08-26 as the first safe AI agent built specifically to help with everyday mental-health challenges, led by clinical teams including psychiatrist Nikole Benders-Hadi.

Technology

Tee runs on a clinician-fine-tuned LLM trained on 14 years of Talkspace's de-identified, encrypted clinical conversations. It applies evidence-based methods like CBT and motivational interviewing, detects risks such as suicidality, violence, and abuse, and escalates to human therapists; session-based (not open-ended) design curbs misuse, with HIPAA-grade encryption throughout.

Market

For ages 18+, priced at US$19.99/month with a 7-day free trial; partnered with Johns Hopkins, NYU, and Stanford and backed by ~US$10M in NIH grants, positioned as a clinically safe alternative to general chatbots.

Best For

People wanting always-available support but wary of unsafe general AIThose already using Talkspace or trusting its clinical backingUsers working through everyday stress, anxiety, relationships, life decisionsThose who value encrypted privacy and risk-escalation to human therapists

Editorial Note

Tee grounds Talkspace's fourteen years of clinical data and method in its core, making it one of the few AI mental-health companions with clinician backing that can flag crises and escalate to a human — a far higher safety bar than general chatbots. But it's support, not therapy, costs a monthly subscription, and uses conversation data for training with user consent.