
Sonar Mental Health is an AI-powered platform providing personalized, text-based mental health support for students, integrated within school systems. The platform utilizes "Wellbeing Companions" (trained individuals who guide AI-driven conversations) to offer 24/7 support, addressing issues like academic stress, social conflicts, and anxiety. Sonar aims to improve student wellbeing, reduce chronic absenteeism, and enhance academic performance by offering a scalable and cost-effective solution for schools. It proactively identifies mental health challenges and facilitates connections to professional help when needed, while ensuring a safe and judgment-free space for students.

Sonar Mental Health is an AI-powered platform providing personalized, text-based mental health support for students, integrated within school systems. The platform utilizes "Wellbeing Companions" (trained individuals who guide AI-driven conversations) to offer 24/7 support, addressing issues like academic stress, social conflicts, and anxiety. Sonar aims to improve student wellbeing, reduce chronic absenteeism, and enhance academic performance by offering a scalable and cost-effective solution for schools. It proactively identifies mental health challenges and facilitates connections to professional help when needed, while ensuring a safe and judgment-free space for students.
Product: AI-assisted, text-based wellbeing support for K–12 students combining an AI companion ('Sonny') with human Wellbeing Coaches
Customers: School districts and health systems (K–12)
Funding: $2.4M seed (Feb 2025)
Team size: 19 employees
Student mental health and school-based wellbeing support
Mental health / EdTech
$2.4M
Reported investors include GSR Ventures, Nina Capital, J4.Ventures, and Stanford University.
“Raised seed from institutional investors including GSR Ventures, Nina Capital, J4.Ventures, and Stanford University”
Why should I Apply: At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help organizations build responsible, secure, high-quality code quickly and systematically. We build solutions that don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we fix problems at the source – source code, to be specific.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. We believe team members should have the opportunity to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission: provide solutions that deliver Clean Code.
The Impact You Will Have: In this role, you will join a growing FP&A team that is building out new systems and processes to support the company’s strategic objectives. In addition to playing a critical role in generating and analyzing financial statements for internal and external stakeholders, you will partner with leaders across Sonar to produce accurate budgets and recurring forecasts that keep our teams and investments aligned with the company's objectives. Ideal candidates will be those who strive to standardize processes and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with high visibility.
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We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: At Sonar, we are a global workforce and recognize the value of different backgrounds, and global cultures.
We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the clear results of a comprehensive background check conducted prior to the start date. Please note that applications submitted through agencies or third-party recruiters will not be considered.