Recovery.com Acquires RedFox AI to Bolster AI-Powered Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Solutions

What You Should Know: 

– Recovery.com, the world’s most comprehensive platform for mental health and addiction recovery announced its acquisition of Madison-based artificial intelligence startup RedFox AI. 

– The strategic move underscores Recovery.com’s commitment to responsible AI innovation and aims to accelerate the development of new AI-powered tools designed to better connect individuals with necessary care.

Accelerating AI Innovation with a Focus on Trust and Safety

Recovery.com has been actively weaving AI into its products and internal workflows, and this acquisition is poised to significantly advance these efforts. RedFox AI is primarily known for its product, Navigator, a voice-guided assistant designed to help users complete at-home diagnostic tests based on FDA-regulated instructions. The underlying architecture of Navigator utilizes a constrained retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approach, specifically engineered to minimize AI “hallucinations.” This technological philosophy aligns seamlessly with Recovery.com’s vision for building responsible AI solutions within the behavioral health sector.

“We see AI as a powerful tool to advance our mission of building the best place online to find mental health and addiction treatment,” said Ben Camp, CEO and Co-Founder of Recovery.com. “We’ve already started weaving AI into our product and internal workflows, and the addition of the RedFox team will help us accelerate that work while keeping trust, safety, and patient focus at the center.”

Post-Acquisition Plans

As part of the acquisition, RedFox AI’s conversational technology and its co-founders, Nick Myers and Brett Brooks will be integrated into Recovery.com’s expanding team. Myers is set to take on the role of Recovery.com’s new Director of AI Innovation, leading efforts to embed artificial intelligence across internal operations and the company’s product roadmap. Brooks will join the engineering team, focusing on scaling AI features across the Recovery.com platform. 

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.