Ambient Mental Health Infrastructure

Mental health
support as infrastructure.
Always on.

Three patent-pending products delivering AI-powered psychological support — with a licensed clinician in the loop. Built at Next Step Psychology. Validated at Harvard Medical School. Applying for CES 2027 Eureka Park.

3 × Patent Pending Harvard Medical School — AI in Health Care Hello Holo™ Trademarked CES 2027 Eureka Park — Applying AHPRA Registered · 18+ Yrs Clinical
Pre-Seed Round Open Explore the Platform
Mental health support,
reimagined.
18+
Years combined clinical practice across the founding team
25K
Clinical contact hours — the dataset behind Ambi's design
3
Patent-pending products across a unified platform OS
94%
Gross margin on AI infrastructure at 10,000 active users
The Platform

Three products.
One ambient system.

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Ambi Chat
Patent Pending · 2026902711

AI wellness companion with a licensed psychologist in the loop. Haiku for everyday support; Sonnet for Tier 3 escalation. Crisis detection, clinician dashboard, and SES email alerts built in.

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Hello Holo™
Patent Pending · AmbiCall Architecture

Holographic presence for therapy sessions and human connection. AI segmentation runs on the caller's device — solving thermal endurance and enabling true see-through holography on Snap Spectacles.

Patent PendingTrademarkedXR / AR
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Ambi Therapy
Patent Pending · 2026901412

The ambient delivery platform — the OS connecting Ambi Chat and Hello Holo into a continuous care continuum. Powered by ABMM, the patented clinician-as-parameter architecture.

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The Founding Team

Built by clinicians.
Engineered for scale.

Ambi Therapy was conceived not in a startup studio but in a psychology practice. After 18 years of clinical work, Ian and Laiza Rumsey set out to solve the single biggest problem in digital mental health: the absence of genuine human presence.

  • University of Sydney — Clinical Psychology
  • Harvard Medical School Executive Education — AI in Health Care (enrolled 2026)
  • Microsoft & Oracle — enterprise technology background
  • Next Step Psychology & Counselling, Martin Place Sydney — 1,800+ client records, live pilot site
  • AHPRA Registered Psychologist · DVA Provider · NDIS
  • 25,000+ clinical contact hours informing product design
Ian Rumsey
Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer

Registered psychologist with 18+ years of clinical practice and 25,000+ contact hours. AHPRA registered, DVA provider, early career at Microsoft and Oracle. Currently enrolled in Harvard Medical School Executive Education — AI in Health Care. Principal architect of Ambi's ABMM methodology and clinical governance framework.

Laiza Rumsey
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer

Leads business strategy, commercial operations, and go-to-market across Ambi Therapy and Next Step Psychology. Brings deep operational expertise to a clinical-first founding team — ensuring that what works in the consulting room can scale to 10,000 users and beyond.

Roadmap

From practice room
to Eureka Park.

Feb 2026

Founding Vision Documented

Ambi Therapy conceived across a three-day build session. Ambient psychology as infrastructure committed to paper.

Complete
Apr 2026

3 Provisional Patents Filed · Hello Holo™ Trademarked

IP Australia filings 2026901412, 2026902711, 2026904294. PCT strategy assessed. Madrid System trade mark prioritised.

Complete
Jun 2026

Harvard Capstone Submitted · Pre-Seed Open

13-slide pitch submitted to Harvard AI in Health Care cohort. Ambi Chat backend live. Pre-seed SAFE open at $500K USD / $7M pre-money cap.

Now
Q3 2026

Clinical Pilot · First Responders Grant

10-user Ambi Chat pilot under independent clinical professor oversight. First responders grant application (~$1.3M USD) via MRFF/DVA pathways.

Next
Jan 2027

CES 2027 Eureka Park — Las Vegas

Applying for a booth at Eureka Park. Qantas QF55 nonstop Sydney–Las Vegas launching December 2026. CES Innovation Award application across XR, Health & Wellness, and Accessibility categories.

Target
2027–28

Seed Round · TGA SaMD · US Market Entry

$3–5M USD seed at $15–20M pre-money. TGA SaMD Class IIa from Month 14. US health system entry via advisory board. Target: 10,000 active users, $152K USD/month revenue.

Horizon

CES 2027 Eureka Park.
Las Vegas, January.

Ambi Therapy is applying for a booth at CES 2027 Eureka Park — the world's premier launchpad for breakthrough technology. The same month, Qantas launches QF55 nonstop Sydney to Las Vegas. We plan to be there.

Venue
Las Vegas Convention Center
Exhibit
Eureka Park — Startup Hall
Award Categories
XR · Health & Wellness · Accessibility
Travel
Qantas QF55 · SYD–LAS Nonstop
Investment Opportunity

Pre-Seed Round.
Now open.

Ambi Therapy is raising its pre-seed round to fund the CES 2027 launch, clinical pilot, PCT patent filings, and the first year of product infrastructure. Early entry into a clinical-grade, patent-protected platform built by Australia's most credentialed mental health founders.

Future Funding Pathway
Seed Round$3–5M USD2027
Series A$10–15M USD2028–29
Series B / IPO Path$30M+ USD2030+
R&D Tax Incentive: Eligible R&D spend returns 43.5 cents per dollar via the ATO — materially lowering effective burn on pre-seed capital deployed into qualifying R&D.
Pre-Seed SAFE · Round Now Open
$500K
US Dollars · SAFE Instrument
Pre-Money Valuation Cap$7M USD
InstrumentSAFE (Convertible)
Minimum TicketTBC — contact us
Use by MilestoneCES 2027 Launch
Use of Funds
50%
Product & Engineering — Ambi Chat & Hello Holo build-out
20%
Clinical Pilot & Operations — oversight, outcomes, compliance
15%
IP & Legal — PCT filings, trade marks, SAFE docs
10%
CES 2027 — Booth, travel, demo production
5%
Operations & Contingency
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Advisory Board

Guided by domain experts
at the frontier.

Marc Paradis
US Health Systems & Market Entry

Principal, SIYOM Consulting LLC. Board Chair, Healthix. MIT SM — Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Deep expertise in US health system strategy, enterprise AI governance, and health information exchange. Joined equity-only, unprompted — a strong signal of conviction in the platform.

Prof. Vivienne Riches
Clinical Oversight & Academic Anchor

Independent Clinical Professor in Psychiatry & Psychology. Anchors HREC/IRB oversight for the clinical pilot, provides academic credibility for grants and publications, and connects the platform to MRFF and DVA grant pathways.

Mike Fabian
Brand Strategy

Brings strategic expertise and deep professional networks to the Ambi Therapy advisory board. Mike's counsel shapes brand positioning and stakeholder engagement as the platform scales toward CES 2027 and beyond.

Board Expanding
Invitations Extended

Tailored invitations extended to advisors in digital health regulation, enterprise SaaS, and XR/spatial computing. Full advisory board composition announced ahead of CES 2027.

Get in Touch

Ready to talk?

Whether you're an investor, potential advisor, clinical collaborator, or enterprise partner — we'd love to hear from you. Ambi Therapy is a rare combination of deep clinical credibility and patent-protected technology, at the earliest possible entry point.