The Room Where It Happens

Does a reference to Hamilton help explain the motivations of VC-backed AI mental health startups? Only time will tell...


Everyone is fighting to be "in the room where it happens."

And by "room", we mean a therapist's office.
And by "it", we mean mental health therapy.
And by "everyone", we mean VC-backed AI mental health companies.

But unlike Aaron Burr and his whole situation with the other founding fathers, therapy isn't a secret meeting.

It's a private, human space that doesn't need Aaron Burr lurking in the corner listening to every word. Oops... We mean AI, not Aaron Burr.

Just because these companies want to be in the room doesn't mean they need to be in the room. (Even if they're spending millions of their latest venture capital fundraising round on advertising and marketing to attempt to convince you of this. Although Burr would absolutely have bought LinkedIn ads to get his message out.)

VC-backed mental health AI startups want to be in the room where it happens.

Published on Aug. 4, 2025.

AI General Privacy

Quill Therapy Solutions

What is Quill?

Quill streamlines progress notes for therapists, saving time by generating notes from a verbal or typed session summary. With privacy at its core, Quill never records client sessions, protecting the therapist-client relationship and avoiding ethical and confidentiality risks. Just record a summary, click a button, and Quill generates your notes for you.

Try Quill for free today, no credit card required. And for unlimited notes (and other types of therapy documentation), it's only $20/month. (Even less for teams.)

Try Quill and save time on notes.