Meet our founder:
Jake Ricker
The problems:
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Suicide prevention methods remain stuck in the past.
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They’re reactive. Passive, Limited. Searcher-reliant.
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The methods have been largely unchanged.
In a fast-paced, digital world, passive is deadly.
12.3 million people struggle with suicide ideation.
Massive dollar and time investments go toward helping.
Families work to find resources to help loved ones.
People struggling with suicide ideation often turn to the internet
People struggling with suicide ideation often
turn to the internet
People like John*, who lost his life to suicide. Many of us knew John personally. We work with his dad. John seemed to be a bright, happy kid. But he was struggling. John didn’t tell his family or friends about his depression and suicidal thoughts.
• Everything seemed fine at dinner, his parents said
• The next day, they got a call from police
• Their car was abandoned on a bridge
• Witnesses saw John jump
• The bridge was a four-hour drive away
• Distraught, they searched his devices
• ‘Suicide bridges in my state’ was in his search history
The internet doesn’t intervene
People who search for sensitive topics online are met with an impersonal, almost dismissive experience.
The 988 line is a valuable resource, if the struggling person calls or starts a chat. The process to get through 988 to a human is clunky.
If the person scrolls past the 988 alert, they’re met by landing pages meant for academics and researchers. Nothing is presented that speaks to the person in crisis.
Many fall deeper into depression.
We’ve created
a better approach
Our 3-year plan aims to blanket the U.S. in proactive suicide prevention support with one partner using our technology per major metropolitan area.
Our fee structure allows us to be self-sustaining after initial startup costs are covered, putting more dollars back into suicide prevention support.
Through our software and program support, 50 local non-profit providers nationwide at a $180,000 total annual subscription cost can potentially be turned into $6M in digital suicide prevention.
But that is just phase one.
The nation’s first proactive
suicide technology platform meets AI.
Currently in development in partnership with Missional Software / Missional Marketing, Bridge2Prevention AI will completely change the landscape of suicide prevention.
Development is moving fast and we are going big – our team is dedicated, qualified, and relentlessly ambitious. Join us on a mission to save lives and reach people where no one else can.
