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Making mental health accessible to everyone.
We provide free digital mental health technologies for millions of people struggling online — particularly young people. For example, we partner with online communities to help find and treat at-risk individuals directly on their platform.
Koko is a nonprofit that provides free digital mental health support for young people by integrating with online platforms. It reaches users where they are and measures impact across multiple mental health metrics.
Koko delivers free, evidence-based mental health support directly on social platforms used by youth. It uses an AI-driven detection/keyword engine to identify high-risk content, then directs users to free resources and services that are accessible within the platforms. It emphasizes partner integrations to ensure users receive ongoing support throughout their mental health journey, and offers direct access via getsupport.org as well.
Who it’s for: Youth, platforms (social media and online communities), and partner platforms seeking to support young people’s mental health with integrated, free digital services.
Customers: Tumblr, WhatsApp, Discord, Tumblr (anonymized user testimonials)
funding/operations as a 501(c)3 nonprofit; evidenced by 6M+ reached, peer-reviewed research, and multiple platform partnerships
Rob Morris is the co-founder of Koko — a behavioral health platform that has served 2M people, mostly adolescents. Most recently, he was a staff data scientist at Airbnb and an entrepreneur in residence at Hopelab. Rob earned his AB in psychology from Princeton University and his master's and PhD in media arts and sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Founderd Suzy, Koko (sold to Airbnb), Airbnb Trust & Safety leadership now back to Koko as a non-profit. A few failed startups before that. Coding since grade school. Dreaming forever.
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