In an episode of a16z's Raising Health podcast, general partner Julie Yoo talks with Slingshot AI co-founders Neil Parikh and Daniel Cahn about scaling mental health access through AI. The founders connect their approach to their backgrounds, Cahn grew up with a psychologist mother and Parikh studied medicine before becoming an entrepreneur, and describe building models that understand psychological processes rather than simply generating text. The conversation centers on expanding access to subclinical, everyday support and AI's potential role in preventative care, with the founders framing a future in which technology empowers both therapists and patients rather than replacing the human relationship.