Human-centered AI for student well-being
Kids don't need AI companions. They need real connection.
Inner Peak gives every student a personalized, 24/7 guide to building resilience, created by licensed therapists and delivered by safe, purpose-built AI. Schools get the visibility and early warning they need to act before a crisis.
30,000+ students 17 schools, districts and universities
Trusted by schools, districts and universities
The Universityof the West Indies
Why now
Students are struggling, and schools are stretched thin.
Most students get their mental health support at school. But counselors are outnumbered, so kids turn to whatever is on their phone, including AI chatbots that were never built to keep them safe.
1 in 10
high school students has attempted suicide, according to the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
500+
students for every one school counselor in many districts we serve.
What Inner Peak does
One platform. Support for every student, every teacher, every day.
Check in
Daily check-ins and insights
A 30-second mood check-in shows how students are really doing, so adults can step in early.
Build skills
Daily skill-building
Short, gamified lessons and videos from licensed therapists build coping, focus and social skills.
Get support
24/7 personalized support
At 11pm, Inner Peak listens, asks good questions and points students to therapist-made tools.
Stay safe
Crisis prevention
Risk flagging routes the highest-need students to your counseling team, fast.
For the adults
See how every class is doing, at a glance.
Teachers see who checked in and who needs attention today. Leaders see trends across grades and buildings. Everything else a student writes stays private.
Who it's for
Pick your trail.
K-12
Extend your counseling team, cut down on referrals and track well-being across every building.
Explore K-12 Colleges and universitiesHigher Ed
Reach students who would never walk into the counseling center, and triage the ones who need to.
Explore Higher Ed Startups and employersFor Teams
The same resilience training, built for early-career employees.
Explore For Teams FamiliesStudents and parents
Get Inner Peak free through your school, or on your own.
Get startedProof
Built with science. Proven in classrooms.
34%
decrease in anxiety in a university-led randomized controlled trial
90%
of students say Inner Peak activities are helpful
50%
of students still use Inner Peak after five months
100%
of our school partners have renewed
Human-centered by design
People create it. AI delivers it.
Every lesson, video and activity in Inner Peak is created by a dozen licensed therapists, led by a Stanford Medical School professor. AI personalizes and delivers that expertise; it never replaces it. We co-designed the platform with 50+ teens and an advisory board of 20+ superintendents, counselors and SEL directors.
Dr. Dona Tversky
Dr. Seneka Gainer
Madeline Lucas
Jamahl Jones
Talia Akerman
Dr. Tiffany Clomax
Victor Anderson
Dr. Johnny Pierce
Angel Carswell
Karin Gold
Colette Dalton
Dr. Jared MinkelInner Peak is a great supplemental tool in our toolkit. If kids aren't comfortable coming to us or if we aren't available, they can use Inner Peak to help them.
Todd BlackOur kids love the daily check-ins and other fun activities Inner Peak provides both in and outside of the app.
Heather Kosik
Help your students reach their Inner Peak.
See how it works in a 30-minute demo. Launch takes one 60-minute teacher training and a 30-minute student rollout, with no IT integrations.
For middle schools, high schools and districts
Support for every student, around the clock. Time back for your counselors.
Inner Peak is a Tier 1 wellness and skill-building platform that extends your counseling team 24/7, flags students at risk and shows you how every building is doing.
The problems we solve
Built for the challenges on your desk right now.
Fewer disciplinary issues
Students learn to name and manage big emotions before they turn into referrals.
Less chronic absenteeism
Daily check-ins and skill-building keep students connected to school.
Better student performance
Better focus, sleep and stress management show up in the classroom.
A counseling team with more reach
Inner Peak handles everyday support so counselors can focus on the students who need them most.
Teachers who stay
A ready-made SEL routine that takes 5 minutes, plus well-being support for teachers themselves.
Visibility and lower risk
Crisis flagging and real-time dashboards so nothing slips through the cracks.
How it works
Five minutes a day, twice a week, in advisory.
Students set goals
Better sleep, less stress, more confidence, getting along with friends.
They check in each day
A quick mood check-in and a short trail activity, often during advisory.
They build skills
Personalized videos, practice exercises and feedback, all created by licensed therapists.
They get support when they need it
24/7, judgment-free journaling and guidance, with a clear path to a real adult when it matters.
You see the big picture
Dashboards show trends by grade and building, and high-risk students are flagged to your team immediately.
Curriculum
Grounded in the CASEL framework.
Daily learning journeys map to four wellness pillars. Content draws on proven approaches including CBT, DBT and ACT.
Self-understanding
CASEL: self-awareness
Self-regulation and stress management
CASEL: self-management
Self-direction and executive function
CASEL: responsible decision-making
Social skills and connection
CASEL: social awareness and relationship skills
Case study
How one Michigan district made Inner Peak part of the school day.
A 6-school public district rolled out Inner Peak to give kids support outside school hours and personalized social and emotional skill-building.
- Enrollment
- 2,000 students, PK-12
- Setting
- Urban and suburban, 6 schools
- Income
- 95% free or reduced lunch
- Rollout
- 60-minute teacher training, 30-minute student launch in advisory
- Usage
- Optional 5 minutes, twice a week, grades 6-12
- ~20,000 messages exchanged in 5 months
- 50% of students still using it regularly after 5 months
- 90% of students rate the activities as helpful
- One student's life saved through crisis flagging
Messages exchanged per month
Inner Peak is an integral part of our core curriculum. With Inner Peak, I can be confident even when students aren't at school that they have a safe and reliable place to turn.
Safety and privacy
Safety first, always.
- Built-in crisis identification with alerts to your designated staff
- AI guardrails reviewed by licensed clinicians. Inner Peak never gives medical advice.
- Teachers see mood check-ins by name. All other student activity stays anonymous.
- Member of the EDSAFE AI Industry Council
- We work with your IT team on data privacy and compliance
Implementation
No integrations. No extra work for your staff.
- We draft every communication to parents, teachers and students
- A dedicated community manager supports rollout and ongoing usage
- Weekly Wellness Wednesday content keeps students engaged
- White-glove support whenever you have a question
Inner Peak is such a great starting point when we are communicating with students about the support they may need from our counseling department.
Abby HankenhofInner Peak is a great supplemental tool in our toolkit. If kids aren't comfortable coming to us or if we aren't available, they can use Inner Peak to help them.
Todd BlackPricing and funding
One annual license. Unlimited use for every student and teacher.
Inner Peak is priced per enrolled student, and we'll help you find the grant or budget line that fits.
See Inner Peak in your district.
A 30-minute walkthrough of the student app and the staff dashboard.
For colleges and universities
Reach every student, not just the ones who walk into the counseling center.
Inner Peak teaches students to build resilience through gamified social and emotional skill-building, gives them clinician-guided support 24/7, and triages the highest-acuity challenges to campus counseling.
The problem
Demand for support has outgrown the counseling center.
For many students, college is the first time they manage stress, sleep, relationships and money on their own. Waitlists grow every fall, and the students who struggle most are often the least likely to ask for help. When they do reach out, it's usually at 2am, not during office hours.
What Inner Peak does for your campus
A front door to support that's open all night.
Build resilience at scale
Short, therapist-created lessons on stress, sleep, focus, loneliness and motivation, with streaks and badges that keep students coming back.
Support around the clock
Students can journal, vent or work through a problem any time, with guidance written by licensed clinicians.
Triage to the right level of care
Inner Peak routes students to campus resources and flags high-risk students so your team can act quickly.
Understand your campus
Anonymous, aggregate well-being data shows what students are dealing with, by term and by population.
Targeted programs
Start where the need is greatest.
Many campuses start with one group and expand. Inner Peak can also power campus-wide wellness challenges with incentives.
Why it matters
Well-being drives persistence.
- Better engagement and satisfaction (Liu and Wang, 2024)
- Better academic performance (Chu et al., 2022)
- Lower dropout rates (Lipson et al., 2019)
That means stronger retention and a campus culture where asking for help is normal.
34%
decrease in anxiety in a university-led randomized controlled trial
13%
increase in mental well-being on the Warwick-Edinburgh scale
24/7
access, including the hours the counseling center is closed
$0
for students at partner schools, who sign up with their school email
Trusted by Bowling Green State University, The University of the West Indies and Relay Graduate School of Education.
Bring Inner Peak to your campus.
No IT integration required. Students join in the app or at my.innerpeak.ai.
For teams and startups
Resilient people build resilient companies.
Inner Peak brings the resilience training we built for students to your team: daily skill-building, 24/7 support and real insight into how your people are doing, built for the way early-career employees work.
The problem
Your newest hires grew up in the mental health crisis.
Gen Z is a fast-growing share of the workforce, and they bring high rates of anxiety, burnout and loneliness with them. Traditional assistance programs see little use, and most wellness apps lose nearly all of their users within a month. Managers are left guessing who is struggling until someone quits.
What your team gets
Built for engagement, not for a benefits checklist.
Daily skill-building
Five-minute lessons from licensed therapists on stress, focus, feedback, conflict, confidence and boundaries.
24/7 personalized support
A private place to vent, work through a hard conversation or prep for a big moment, any time.
Team insights
Anonymous, aggregate pulse data so leaders can spot burnout early. Individual entries are never shared with employers.
Crisis routing
Clear paths to your assistance program, benefits and emergency resources when someone needs more than a lesson.
Why Inner Peak
Proven with the hardest audience there is.
Half of our students are still using Inner Peak after five months. Teenagers don't stick with anything they don't like.
- People create it, AI delivers it. Every activity comes from licensed clinicians, led by a Stanford Medical School professor.
- Clinically tested. A university-led randomized controlled trial showed a 34% drop in anxiety.
- Built by people who know workplace wellness. Our founders bring experience from BetterUp, Bain & Company and Citadel.
- For startups, early-career and frontline teams, and People teams looking for a benefit employees will use.
Pilot program
Become a founding partner.
We're partnering with a small group of companies to shape Inner Peak for the workplace. Founding partners get preferred pricing, a direct line to our product team and a custom rollout for their team.
For parents and guardians
A safe place for your teen to turn, any time of day.
Inner Peak helps kids build the skills to handle stress, friendships, school pressure and big emotions. Every lesson is created by licensed therapists, and every conversation is designed with safety first.
What your child gets
Small daily habits that add up.
A daily check-in
A 30-second moment to notice how they're feeling.
Short skill-building lessons
Videos and activities on sleep, stress, focus, confidence and getting along with others.
Support when they need it
A private, judgment-free space to vent or work through a problem, day or night.
Is this an AI companion?
No. And that's on purpose.
Kids don't need AI friends; they need real ones. Inner Peak uses AI only to personalize and deliver content created by real therapists. It's designed to point kids back toward the people in their lives (parents, friends, teachers and counselors), not to replace them.
Inner Peak never gives medical advice and is not a substitute for therapy.
Safety
Built with safety at every step.
- Clinician-reviewed AI guardrails
- Crisis detection that connects students to emergency resources, and to school staff or an emergency contact when a student may be in danger
- A dozen licensed therapists create and review every activity, led by a Stanford Medical School professor
- Member of the EDSAFE AI Industry Council
- Read our AI Safety Policies and Privacy Policy
How to get Inner Peak
Two ways to start.
Free
Your child downloads the app or goes to my.innerpeak.ai, signs up with their school email and selects their school.
Or $79.99 a year. Start with a 7-day free trial in the app or at my.innerpeak.ai.
Want it at your school? Introduce us to your school's team and we'll take it from there.
FAQ
Questions parents ask us.
What ages is Inner Peak for?
Inner Peak is built for middle school, high school and college students.
Can I see what my child writes?
No. Private reflections stay private so students feel safe being honest. If a student may be in danger, our crisis protocols take over.
Does Inner Peak replace therapy?
No. It builds everyday coping skills and helps kids recognize when to reach out to a trusted adult or professional.
Who creates the content?
A team of a dozen licensed therapists, led by a Stanford Medical School professor, with input from 50+ teens on our Student Advisory Board.
Who do I contact with questions?
Email support@innerpeak.ai and our team will get back to you.
For students
Your brain. Your trail. Your peak.
Inner Peak helps you handle stress, sleep better, focus more and feel more like yourself, five minutes at a time. Made by real therapists. Built with students like you.
Homebase
Hey there,
how are you feeling right now?
Tap a face to see how Inner Peak responds.
A preview of the app. Nothing you tap here is saved.
What you can do
Five minutes. Every day. That's the whole trick.
Check in
Notice how you feel
Tap a mood and watch your trends over time.
Hit the trail
Quick daily activities
Stress, friends, confidence, motivation, school. The stuff that matters.
Talk it out
Pick your coach
Vent, celebrate or work through a problem, in the style that fits you.
Level up
Streaks and badges
Set goals, keep your streak alive and earn badges along the way.
Built with students
Made with 50+ teens, not just for them.
Our Student Advisory Board helped design everything from the coaches to the activities. The videos come from licensed therapists who know what you're going through.
9 in 10
students say Inner Peak activities are helpful
Private by default
What you write is yours. Teachers see your mood check-in, not your journal or chats. If it sounds like you might be in danger, Inner Peak will connect you with people who can help right away.
How to sign up
Start in under a minute.
Get the app
Download Inner Peak from the App Store or Google Play, or go to my.innerpeak.ai.
Use your school email
If your school uses Inner Peak, sign up with your school email and pick your school. It's free.
No school account? No problem.
Start a 7-day free trial, or ask your school to bring Inner Peak in.
In the news
Inner Peak in the news.
Stories about our work with students, schools and the movement for safe, human-centered AI.
Harvard grads raise $600K and are accepted into prestigious Techstars accelerator to tackle youth mental health crisis with AI
Co-founders Sean Wheelock and Ben Anandappa join the Techstars Economic Mobility accelerator in New York City after closing a $600K initial round.
Toledo entrepreneurs create AI-powered, real-time support for mental health issues
How Inner Peak gives students on-demand access to resources from licensed therapists at a fraction of the cost of in-person therapy.
EDSAFE AI Industry Council
Inner Peak is a member of the EDSAFE AI Industry Council, a coalition of education and technology companies working to make AI in schools safe, accountable, fair and effective.
The Future of Wellness
CEO Sean Wheelock joins 13 ABC's morning show to talk about Inner Peak's work with Toledo-area schools, including St. John's Jesuit High School.
Jersey City high schoolers go into summer break with increased mental health support
SciTech Scity's Healthcare Innovation Engine launches a pilot bringing Inner Peak to Jersey City students and administrators.
Media inquiries: sean@innerpeak.ai