What Autonomic does

Autonomic Technologies Inc. is a Canadian neuroscience and AI company, founded in 2020 and headquartered in British Columbia, that builds a web-based cognitive performance and wellbeing platform targeted at colleges and universities. Its core offering combines a Neuroscience Coaching Engine that delivers personalized daily micro-coaching through three-minute check-ins tracking five brain health metrics (sleep, focus, mood, energy, and stress), an AI-assisted Early Warning System that identifies at-risk students before disengagement, and an institutional dashboard for retention analytics and referrals to on-campus support services. The student-facing experience runs at app.getautonomic.com, while institutions access an enterprise dashboard at getautonomic.com.

The company's scientific foundation is anchored by Dr. Olav Krigolson (Head of Neuroscience, Professor at the University of Victoria, 100+ peer-reviewed publications), with an advisory bench spanning Harvard Wyss Institute, Red Bull High Performance, Adobe, Fenwick, and CIBC World Markets. An independent peer-reviewed analysis of n=370 participants across five Canadian institutions (University of Victoria, UBC, McGill, Conestoga, UBC Okanagan), published April 2026, reported statistically significant improvements across all five metrics, including a 29.8% improvement in sleep quality and a 25.1% improvement in mood (both p<0.001, Cohen's d of 0.59 and 0.53 respectively).

Autonomic operates a B2B SaaS model, selling quote-based annual subscription licenses to higher education institutions through an enterprise field sales motion. Its dedicated implementation team handles setup, training, and integration with pilot cohorts, with the stated ability to launch a pilot within weeks and no IT lift required from the institution. Five named Canadian institutions constitute the disclosed customer base; a student waitlist channel has been added as a bottom-up complement. The company does not disclose revenue, funding, or pricing, and no public listing exists.

Name

Autonomic

Legal name

Autonomic Technologies Inc.

Website

https://getautonomic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Autonomic Technologies is a Canadian neuroscience and AI company that sells a web-based cognitive performance and wellbeing platform to colleges and universities. It delivers personalized daily micro-coaching and an AI-assisted early warning system to improve student retention, with peer-reviewed validation across five Canadian institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Wellness Platform

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Wellness Personalization (HDAAAGAI)

Keywords

• Cognitive performance platform
• Student retention software
• Neuroscience-based coaching
• Brain health analytics
• Higher education wellness

Headquarters

HQ city

Kelowna

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Subscription Licenses: Subscription-based model providing the Autonomic platform to colleges and universities. Institutions pay for access to the platform, dashboard analytics, and institutional insights. Revenue generated through institutional contracts that include student licenses and reporting capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Autonomic operates an AI-assisted cognitive performance and wellbeing platform that delivers personalized, neuroscience-based daily coaching to students through 3-minute check-ins. The platform tracks five core brain health metrics (sleep quality, focus and attention, mood and balance, energy levels, and stress management) and provides institutions with an early warning system that identifies at-risk students before disengagement, alongside real-time analytics dashboards supporting student retention and well-being outcomes.

Product overview

Autonomic is an AI-assisted cognitive performance and wellbeing platform that operates as a unified suite of integrated components. The core Autonomic Platform combines a Neuroscience Coaching Engine (delivering personalized daily micro-coaching based on five core brain health metrics: sleep, focus, mood, energy, and stress) with an Early Warning System (identifying at-risk students via AI pattern detection and enabling campus referrals) and a Tracking and Reporting Dashboard (providing institutional-level analytics, retention metrics, and ROI tracking). The student-facing Autonomic Mobile/Web Application serves as the consumer interface for daily check-ins, habit tracking, and personalized coaching delivery. Together these products provide a complete student success platform for educational institutions, grounded in neuroscience research and designed to drive measurable retention outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Autonomic Platform A web-based neuroscience-backed cognitive performance and wellbeing platform that delivers personalized daily micro-coaching to students, tracks five core brain health metrics (sleep, focus, mood, energy, stress), and provides institutions with real-time analytics and retention insights. Includes the Neuroscience Coaching Engine, Early Warning System, and institutional Tracking and Reporting Dashboard.
• Autonomic Student Application Student-facing web application (app.getautonomic.com) providing daily 3-minute check-ins, five core brain health metric tracking, personalized coaching, progress insights and streaks, and science-backed habit building for cognitive performance optimization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Stress reduction of 18.0% vs baseline (p < 0.001, Cohen's d 0.36)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered supporting.

• Fenwick (Michael Esquivel & Team)supportingOthersLegal counsel providing guidance on legal matters, contracts, and corporate governance. Part of the advisory board structure.
• Adobe (Meghanath Macha)supportingTechnology or IntegrationAI/ML advisor bringing expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. Advisory board member providing guidance on AI strategy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Uwill: Mental-health and telehealth platform for colleges, offering on-demand counseling and crisis support to students. Comparable in higher-ed GTM, institutional subscription model, and student-wellness positioning.
• Mantra Health: Digital mental-health platform purpose-built for college and university students, offering therapy, psychiatry, and wellness coaching. Directly comparable in target buyer (higher-ed administration), end user (students), and wellness-coaching value proposition.
• TimelyCare (TimelyMD): Virtual mental-health and primary-care service for college students, sold as a campus-wide subscription. Closest scaled direct competitor, with broader clinical scope (including psychiatry) that Autonomic explicitly disclaims.
• Welltrack (by Linewize): Student mental-health and wellbeing platform sold to universities, featuring self-guided CBT, mood tracking, and campus resource referrals. Overlaps with Autonomic on the student-facing wellness app and institutional analytics dashboard.

Broad incumbents

• Spring Health: Employer- and payer-focused mental-health benefits platform with personalized care navigation. Comparable personalization/AI thesis but serves employer benefits buyers rather than higher education.
• BetterHelp: Largest direct-to-consumer online therapy network, owned by Teladoc. Comparable online/wellness category but consumer-led rather than institution-led, and lacks the neuroscience-research validation Autonomic emphasizes.
• Headspace for Education: Consumer wellness/meditation brand that has extended into B2B and higher-education offerings. A broader incumbent with overlapping student-mindfulness use case but a generalized (non-neuroscience-research-driven) positioning.
• Ginger (Headspace Health): On-demand mental-health coaching, therapy, and psychiatry platform, now part of Headspace Health. Comparable AI-coaching hybrid but targets employers and health plans at a much larger scale.

Others

• Calm: Consumer meditation and sleep app that has expanded into B2B wellness offerings. Adjacent on the wellness/sleep/stress axes that Autonomic tracks, but consumer-first and not neuroscience-research-validated.

Emerging players

• Woebot Health: AI-driven conversational mental-health platform with clinical validation and safety guardrails. Comparable in AI-coaching approach and human-in-the-loop safety design, though focused on general mental health rather than higher-ed retention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/getautonomic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/getautonomic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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