Limbic is an API platform that senses human emotional state using signals from the user: facial expression, voice, text, and importantly, physiological signals. Our software developer kit (SDK) is one line of code that sits inside client apps. Our SDK detects which data sources are available (camera, microphone, text corpus, and wearable heart sensor) on top of supporting information such as age, weight, and gender. It then sends this to our servers where proprietary machine learning algorithms return predictions on the user’s emotional state. Our machine learning system represents a new brand of ‘Emotion AI’. Limbic is guided by a broader definition of intelligence than present in AI today. In the near term, our software will augment digital products, providing developers with new ways to interact with their users.
Following a successful application to Phase 1 of the EC Horizon 2020 SME Instrument, we carried out a feasibility study for our innovative technology and we have defined a Minimum Viable Product for development. Based on Limbic’s proprietary physiology-based emotion AI, we plan to build a scalable solution for mental health monitoring.
Definition of market problem:
Depression and anxiety costs the global economy $1 trillion annually. 1 in 4 people in Europe experienced a mental health issue last year, and almost 60,000 people in the EU will take their own life this year. However, unlike other areas of medicine, mental health lacks quantifiable metrics. This makes treatment less efficient, and makes it challenging to evaluate treatment response.
Product development plan:
Following this Phase 1 feasibility study, Limbic plan to build a bespoke product for patient mental health reporting. This will include three parts: 1) a fitness tracker, 2) a patient mobile app, and 3) a clinician web app.
1) Through the fitness tracker, patient heart data will be streamed to cloud servers where Limbic’s algorithms will predict emotional state.
2) When a significant emotional event is detected, the patient mobile app will prompt the patient to answer therapeutic questions: “How are you feeling? Where are you? Who are you with?”
3) By proactively engaging with the patient in real time, during relevant moments, Limbic will relay valuable patient data to the clinician via a web app.
