Building AI That Doesn't Hallucinate w/ David Proulx, CAIO & Co-Founder @ HoloMD

One of the things David Proulx is most proud of is building an AI agent that has handled more than 100,000 mental health conversations without a single hallucination.

David is the Chief AI Officer at HoloMD, where an AI agent becomes a third party in the Therapeutic Alliance. The patient wants to feel better. The psychiatrist guides their care. HoloMD adds a daily point of contact that checks in, gathers context, tracks medication adherence, and offers support between visits. Psychiatrists stay fully in charge while gaining a clearer picture of a patient's life than a single appointment can provide.

In this episode, Daniel talks with David about his path from building a social network for moms with 600,000 downloads to locking himself in a room for nine months learning AI, then co-founding HoloMD, which won the 2025 Mental Health Tech ...