First-Time Founder
Bootstrapped FounderAbout
Being is a voice-native AI mentorship platform helping colleges improve student belonging and retention. Students can talk through challenges anytime and hear short, relatable stories from peers and alumni who have successfully navigated similar experiences. Our Campus Wellbeing Map gives universities privacy-safe insights into belonging trends, helping identify areas of need before students disengage.
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A voice-native AI mentorship platform that helps college students navigate doubt, stress, and uncertainty by connecting them with short stories from peers and alumni who have successfully overcome similar challenges. The Campus Wellbeing Map transforms those conversations into privacy-safe institutional insights, helping student success teams identify belonging gaps, measure wellbeing trends, and intervene earlier to improve retention.
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Building with TheAgentic Launchpad
Being was developed through TheAgentic Launchpad, where we've been refining our product with feedback from founders, operators, and AI leaders as we prepare for higher education pilots.
Accepted into NVIDIA Inception
We're excited to join NVIDIA Inception as we continue building Being, a voice-native AI mentorship platform helping colleges improve student belonging through lived experience.
Product Walkthrough Available
We recently recorded a walkthrough of Being, demonstrating how students can receive mentorship through lived experience and how institutions gain privacy-safe insights with the Campus Wellbeing Map.
Why I Started Being
After years of feeling like I didn't belong, I realized what I needed wasn't another resource. I needed someone who had already walked the path ahead of me. That experience became the foundation for Being.
Helping Colleges Build Belonging at Scale
Student belonging is one of the strongest predictors of persistence. We're building voice-native AI that helps every student find someone who's successfully navigated similar challenges while giving institutions real-time insight into campus wellbeing.