Ambi Therapy — Lead Product: Ambi Chat
Ambi Chat pairs always-available AI conversation with real human oversight — built by a registered psychologist with 18+ years and 25,000+ hours of practice behind it.
The Briefing — Ambi Chat & Ambi Therapy
Our Foundation
Ambi Therapy is the technology arm of Next Step Psychology & Counselling — a registered clinical practice at Martin Place, Sydney. We are not technologists who discovered mental health. Ambi Chat was built under the direction of a psychologist, not designed around one.
After 18 years of one-on-one clinical practice, 25,000+ hours with real clients, and a front-row seat to the limits of the consulting room, we knew what the world needed. And we knew how to build it. Ambi Chat is where that knowledge meets the moment — the first product out the door, with more to follow.
Visit Next Step PsychologyLeading With Ambi Chat
Ambi Chat is live and first to market. AmbiCall and the broader Ambi Therapy platform follow as the roadmap unfolds — every product designed by mental health professionals, technology-built.
AI with a mental health professional in the loop
AI-powered mental health support where a mental health professional reviews, guides, and oversees every interaction. The safety of human oversight. The scale of technology. Live now and first to market.
⊕ Patent Pending — Psychologist-in-the-Loop ArchitectureHello Holo™
Holographic phone calling built natively for Snap Spectacles. The caller appears life-sized in your room — not on a screen. Powered by our patent-pending asymmetric compute architecture.
⊕ Patent Pending — Asymmetric Compute Architecture24/7 ambient support
On-demand wellbeing support available whenever and wherever it is needed — 3am anxiety, midday overwhelm, post-session reflection. Professional-grade support, without the waitlist.
⊕ Patent Pending — Ambient Therapy Delivery SystemAdvisory Panel
Advisors spanning clinical oversight, brand, and US health system entry.
Principal, Founder and Managing Member of SIYOM Consulting LLC, advising healthcare and life-sciences leaders on data, AI, strategy and market adoption.
The Clinical Premise
01
Risk needs a human
Moments of real risk require professional judgment an algorithm can flag but shouldn't resolve alone. A mental health professional sits in that loop, every time.
02
Oversight, not automation
Every Ambi Chat interaction sits under real professional oversight — not a support ticket, not an opaque model response.
03
Built from the room, not around it
18 years and 25,000+ clinical hours shaped what Ambi Chat notices, escalates, and holds space for — not a generic script.
"Ambi Chat is not a chatbot with a disclaimer. It's professional judgment, extended."
— Ian Rumsey, Registered Psychologist & Co-Founder, Ambi Therapy
The Founders
Co-Founder · Clinical & Product Lead
Co-Founder · Business & Operations Lead
Clinical Validation
Clinical Oversight
Ambi Chat's pilot protocol is being developed with clinical advisory oversight, measuring real clinician time and risk-tier distribution rather than relying on assumption — the evidence base for how Ambi Chat scales safely.
The Roadmap
Ambi Chat is live. 3 × patent pending. A professional-overseen pilot underway at Next Step Psychology. We're looking for people to build this with us — mental health professionals, engineers, operators, and partners who want in early. hello@ambitherapy.com
Ambi Chat scaled beyond pilot. AmbiCall enters hardware-ready development. Pilot outcomes published.
Recurring subscription revenue at scale. A sustainable, cashflow-positive business.
US, UK, Canada expansion. Full Ambi Therapy suite — Ambi Chat, AmbiCall, and the ambient platform — enters enterprise and consumer markets worldwide.
Get in Touch
General Enquiries
hello@ambitherapy.comQuestions about Ambi Chat, media enquiries, partnerships, and everything in between.
Build With Us
hello@ambitherapy.comCollaborators, partners, and anyone who wants to help build Ambi. Tell us what you'd want to work on.
Clinical Pilot
pilot@ambitherapy.comParticipant recruitment, clinical partnerships, and academic collaboration around the Ambi Chat pilot.
● Building Now
Ambi Chat is live and the roadmap is long. We're looking for people who want to build this alongside us — mental health professionals, engineers, operators, and partners. If that's you, send us a note and tell us what you'd want to work on.
✉ hello@ambitherapy.comOr just stay in the loop
Ian Rumsey & Laiza Rumsey · Co-Founders · Ambi Therapy
Professional judgment, available whenever it's needed.
Built by mental health professionals. Grounded in real oversight. From the practice that has cared for thousands of Australians for 18 years.
Hello Holo™ is a registered trademark of Ambi Therapy · 3 × Patent Pending · © 2026 Ambi Therapy
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