Amae Health

What Amae Health does

Amae Health is an integrated outpatient psychiatric care provider founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, operating as a Public Benefit Corporation focused on adults aged 18 and older with severe mental illness (SMI) — including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant depression, first-episode psychosis, and co-occurring personality or substance-use disorders. The company runs in-person, psychiatry-led outpatient clinics that combine psychiatry, CBT/DBT therapy, primary care, dietitians, health coaches, peer mentors, and clinical care coordinators into a single shared treatment plan, deliberately positioning against fragmented virtual-only SMI care models. Amae's reported clinical outcomes — a 79% patient engagement rate versus a roughly 30% national benchmark, and a 30-day hospital readmission rate below 4% versus a 23% national benchmark — underpin its value proposition.

Underlying the clinics is a proprietary AI-powered precision-medicine platform that integrates CAT-MH (Computer Adaptive Testing for Mental Health) self-reports, historical EHR data, genomic testing, metabolic panels (weight, blood sugar, cholesterol), and wearable/biometric streams to personalize treatment and continuously refine care via longitudinal outcomes. The platform supports predictive analytics, recommendation, knowledge retrieval, anomaly detection, and treatment optimization across multimodal data inputs. The Amae Institute — the company's research and education arm — co-develops provider training with Massachusetts General Hospital and runs metabolic-psychiatry research with the Baszucki Group, alongside collaborations with UCLA, Apple, and Stanford.

Amae generates revenue primarily through in-network outpatient billing across major commercial plans (Aetna, Anthem BCBS, Blue Shield CA, Cigna/Evernorth, Optum, BCBS NC), Medicare, and Medicaid (Healthfirst, Fidelis, Wellcare, Molina), with sliding-scale self-pay and out-of-network billing as secondary streams. The go-to-market combines an enterprise/field-sales motion anchored in referral partnerships with elite academic medical centers — NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Stanford, Mass General Brigham, CommonSpirit, and Novant Health — with direct-to-consumer intake via a national call line (1-888-860-2825), website referral forms, and a HIPAA-compliant provider-referral pipeline. The company has raised over $50 million across a $15M Series A (Quiet Capital-led, April 2024), a $6M strategic investment from Cedars-Sinai (December 2024), and a $25M pre-empted Series B (Altos Ventures-led, November 2025), and operates or has announced nine clinic markets across California, New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Name

Amae Health

Legal name

Amae Health Services, LLC

Website

https://amaehealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Amae Health runs integrated, psychiatry-led outpatient clinics for adults with severe mental illness, combining mental, physical, and emotional care via a proprietary AI-powered precision-medicine platform across nine announced clinics in California, New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Telepsychiatry & Care Coordination Platforms (HLALAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integrated Behavioral Health (Collaborative Care) Platforms (HLALAEAC), Behavioral Health-Integrated Chronic Care (SUD comorbidity, collaborative care) (HLALAFAK)

Keywords

• Severe mental illness care
• Outpatient psychiatry
• Integrated mental healthcare
• Precision medicine psychiatry
• Behavioral health services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Outpatient clinical service fees (in-network insurance billing): Amae Health bills third-party payors as an in-network outpatient mental health provider across major commercial plans (Aetna, Anthem BCBS, Blue Shield CA, Cigna/Evernorth, Optum, Blue Cross NC) and Medicare/Medicaid plans (Healthfirst, Fidelis, Wellcare, Molina) for integrated psychiatry, therapy, primary care, and ancillary SMI services.
2. Sliding-scale self-pay and out-of-network services: Amae accepts sliding-scale payments based on financial need and works out-of-network with additional insurance plans, capturing revenue from patients whose coverage is not yet in-network or who are uninsured.
3. Health-system co-managed outpatient programs: Joint outpatient programs operated in collaboration with health systems (e.g., Charlotte clinic with Novant Health, NY clinics with NewYork-Presbyterian, LA clinic with Cedars-Sinai support), generating revenue through shared clinical programs serving both Medicaid and commercially insured populations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Amae Health operates in-person outpatient mental health clinics that deliver integrated, psychiatry-led care for adults (18+) with severe mental illness, combining psychiatry, CBT/DBT therapy, primary care, health coaching, peer support, metabolic testing, and genomic testing under one shared treatment plan. A proprietary AI-powered precision medicine platform—integrating EHR data, CAT-MH adaptive testing, biometrics, genomics, and longitudinal outcomes—personalizes and continuously refines each patient's care. Services are delivered through clinics in California, New York, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, in collaboration with leading academic medical centers.

Product overview

Amae Health operates as a single integrated platform anchored by two core product lines: (1) Amae Outpatient Clinics — its in-person, psychiatry-led clinical delivery network across California, New York, and North Carolina — and (2) the Amae Institute, the research/education arm that builds the proprietary AI-powered Precision Medicine Platform and the CAT-MH (Computer Adaptive Test for Mental Health) assessment module. These are wrapped around the Integrated SMI Care Model, which orchestrates psychiatry, CBT/DBT therapy, primary care, dietitians, health coaches, peer mentors, and clinical care coordinators from a single shared treatment plan. Layered on top are specialized programs and services: the Metabolic Psychiatry Program (research partnership with the Baszucki Group), the MGH-co-developed Provider Education program, the Family Support Program, and the Provider Referral & Coordination Services. The architecture is platform-plus-modules: the AI precision-medicine platform underpins the clinics, while the Institute, CAT-MH assessment, metabolic program, and family/provider services function as distinct modules that extend the core clinical offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Amae Institute: The Amae Institute is Amae Health's clinical education and research arm focused on severe mental illness, providing precision medicine research, real-world clinical research, and best-in-class provider education, often in collaboration with academic medical centers such as Massachusetts General Hospital and the Baszucki Group.

Products and services

• Amae Outpatient Clinics In-person, psychiatry-led outpatient mental health clinics delivering integrated, whole-person care for adults (18+) living with severe mental illness (SMI), combining psychiatry, therapy (CBT+DBT), primary care, health coaching, peer support, group programming, metabolic testing, and genomic oversight in tranquil clinic environments.
• Amae Institute The clinical research and education arm of Amae Health that pairs high-quality patient care with a precision medicine approach, best-in-class provider education co-developed with Massachusetts General Hospital, and real-world clinical research, including the Metabolic Psychiatry Research case study with the Baszucki Group.

Quantifiable outcome

• 79% patient engagement rate (vs ~30% national average)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Novant HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Amae Health and Novant Health are partnering to open specialized outpatient SMI clinics in Charlotte, NC to improve care for severe mental illness and reduce hospital readmissions. The first clinic opens May 18, 2026, serving both Medicaid and commercially insured patients.
• Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General Brigham)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2025Mass General Hospital co-develops and facilitates clinical training for all Amae Health clinicians. The collaboration is led by Dr. Kim Mueser (MGH Center of Excellence, Boston University) and Dr. Corinne Cather (Director, MGH Center of Excellence in Psychosocial and Systemic Treatment; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School), with involvement from Dr. Maurizio Fava (Chair, Mass General Brigham Psychiatry). MGH also appears as the in-network academic partner for Los Altos, Boston, San Mateo, LA, and Raleigh clinic pages.
• Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2024Cedars-Sinai is a collaborating academic medical center that also made a $6M investment in Amae Health to support the company's center-of-excellence build-out for SMI care. Dr. Itai Danovitch (Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences) endorsed Amae as a partner for whole-person SMI care. Cedars-Sinai is shown as a supporter/in-network collaborator on the Brooklyn clinic page.
• NewYork-PresbyterianflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmae collaborates with NewYork-Presbyterian to ensure best possible outcomes for SMI patients. NYP supports multiple Amae clinics (Brooklyn, Upper East Side) and provides referrals for SMI patients transitioning from inpatient care to Amae's outpatient program. Dr. Philip J. Wilner (SVP Behavioral Health, NYP Westchester) publicly endorsed the partnership.
• Stanford Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStanford Health Care is one of Amae's collaborating leading academic medical centers, cited as a partner in Series B announcements for clinical collaboration and referrals.
• CommonSpirit HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommonSpirit Health is one of the leading academic medical centers and health systems that collaborates with Amae Health on SMI outpatient care and referrals.
• Baszucki GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaszucki Group partnered with Amae Health to research and examine the effectiveness of a metabolic psychiatry intervention for SMI patients across Amae's clinics. Early outcomes show improvements in mood, energy, and metabolic benefits; the care model is augmented by keto meals supplied by Factor. Baszucki Group also participated in the $15M Series A.
• UCLAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmae Health conducts research collaborations with UCLA (alongside Apple and Baszucki Group) on precision medicine and outcomes for SMI patients, as referenced in the Series A announcement.
• FactorminorOthersFactor supplies keto meals to Amae patients as part of the metabolic psychiatry research collaboration with the Baszucki Group, augmenting Amae's metabolic psychiatry care model.
• HealthfirstcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHealthfirst is an in-network Medicare/Medicaid insurance partner for Amae's Brooklyn, NY clinic, enabling Amae to serve publicly insured SMI patients.
• Fidelis CarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFidelis Care is an in-network Medicaid/Medicare insurance partner for Amae's Brooklyn, NY clinic.
• WellcarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWellcare is an in-network Medicare/Medicaid insurance partner for Amae's Brooklyn, NY clinic.
• Molina HealthcarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMolina Healthcare is an in-network Medicaid/Medicare insurance partner for Amae's Brooklyn, NY clinic.
• AetnacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAetna is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Los Altos, San Mateo, and Raleigh clinics.
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue ShieldcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAnthem BCBS is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Los Altos and San Mateo, CA clinics.
• Blue Shield of CaliforniacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBlueshield CA is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Los Altos and San Mateo, CA clinics.
• OptumcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOptum is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Los Altos and San Mateo, CA clinics.
• Evernorth / CignacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEvernorth/Cigna is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Los Altos, San Mateo, and Raleigh clinics.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of North CarolinacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBlue Cross Blue Shield of NC is an in-network commercial insurance partner for Amae's Raleigh, NC clinic.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Two Chairs: Two Chairs operates in-person outpatient therapy clinics with a measurement-based, multi-disciplinary care model. It shares Amae's in-person, hospitality-driven outpatient care philosophy and emphasis on measurable patient outcomes in mental health.
• Octave: Octave runs in-person mental health practices combining therapy, psychiatry, and coaching under one shared care plan. Both companies are differentiated in-person outpatient mental health providers serving commercially insured populations with integrated multidisciplinary teams.
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides virtual intensive outpatient (IOP) and mental health programs for adolescents and young adults with serious mental health conditions. Both companies serve complex, high-acuity behavioral health populations with multidisciplinary care teams and outcomes-driven positioning.

Emerging players

• Brightside Health: Brightside Health is a virtual mental health provider focused on anxiety and depression treatment with medication plus therapy programs. It overlaps with Amae in the commercially insured outpatient mental health segment but operates virtually and at lower clinical acuity.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a mental health benefits platform offering therapy, coaching, and medication management to employees of large enterprises. While primarily virtual and lower-acuity than Amae, it competes for employer-sponsored mental health spend and outcomes-driven contracts relevant to Amae's customer base.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a virtual mental health provider offering therapy, counseling, and medication management. It represents the virtual-first model competing for insured mental health patients that Amae differentiates against with in-person, integrated SMI specialty care.
• Geode Health: Geode Health is a multi-specialty mental health provider combining in-person and virtual psychiatry, therapy, and counseling. It shares Amae's integrated multidisciplinary model and focus on measured patient outcomes in outpatient mental health.

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia Healthcare is a publicly traded provider of inpatient psychiatric, residential, and outpatient behavioral health services. While heavily weighted toward inpatient/residential care, it overlaps with Amae's SMI specialty positioning and ambulatory growth strategy.
• Springstone Behavioral Health: Springstone operates inpatient and outpatient behavioral health hospitals and clinics across the U.S., including specialty SMI and psychiatric units. As an established incumbent, it overlaps with Amae's outpatient SMI focus within broader behavioral health service lines.
• Headspace Health: Headspace Health is a large, established mental health and wellness platform formed by the merger of Headspace and Ginger. It serves a broader, lower-acuity population than Amae but competes for employer, health plan, and consumer mental health spend at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors10 records

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M&A

Investments

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