Healing through intelligence and empathy.
Mendai was founded on the belief that effective mental health support should be accessible, stigma-free, and rooted in science. We leverage AI to deliver personalized counseling for addiction and trauma — built on established psychological frameworks.
We are not replacing human therapists. We are expanding access and augmenting care through intelligent tools that adapt to each person's unique journey — and escalate to licensed professionals when that is the right call.
Our protocols are grounded in validated clinical literature and have been reviewed by a licensed clinician, with a broader clinical advisory board now being formalized. Every therapeutic response surface is constrained by clinical guardrails.
Value
Evidence-based
Every intervention is rooted in validated clinical literature.
Value
Private by design
GDPR & HIPAA-aligned. End-to-end encrypted. Minimal data retention.
Value
Scientifically transparent
We publish our protocols and study outcomes openly.
Value
Compassionate technology
Designed with crisis safety and human dignity at the center.
Founders
Mendai is built by founders who have spent their careers shipping technology into regulated, high-stakes industries — and who believe the hard part of AI in healthcare is not the model, but grounding it, securing it, and making it accountable to clinicians.
Co-founder · CEO
Hauk Landsverk
Hauk is an experienced tech entrepreneur and digital-transformation executive with deep roots in omnichannel retail, media, and high-growth startups. For more than eight years he has focused on applying AI and machine learning to core business challenges, pairing strategy with hands-on execution across product, marketing, and business development.
A strategist, speaker, and builder, he leads Mendai's vision, partnerships, and growth — translating clinical capability into a product that reaches the people who need it. Outside the company he's a free-fall parachutist, big-mountain climber and skier, and a passionate cook, bringing the same energy to the business as he does to everything else.
Clinical oversight
Every therapeutic protocol is grounded in validated clinical literature and has been reviewed by a licensed clinician. Clinical care is owned by clinicians — not by the technology team. We are formalizing a broader clinical advisory board and will introduce its members here as appointments are confirmed.