Mental health platform LISSUN has acquired US-based Being Cares as it moves to integrate AI into family-focused mental healthcare services.
The deal combines LISSUN’s therapist-led model with Being Cares’ AI-based mental health mapping system, aiming to deliver a tech-driven approach to care.
Being Cares currently supports nearly one million users worldwide through its AI system, which monitors over 40 mental health conditions — including anxiety, depression, burnout and parenting-related stress.
Tarun Gupta, co-founder of LISSUN, said: “This is not just an acquisition. It marks the beginning of a complete reimagining of how mental healthcare can support entire families.
“With Being’s AI and our clinical expertise, we are building a system that addresses families’ concerns from the very first signs, offers digital guidance, and seamlessly transitions into in-person care when needed.”
LISSUN said it plans to adapt the model to support child-centric concerns such as autism, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), speech delays and learning difficulties.
Being Cares co-founders Varun Gandhi and Abhishek Sharma will join LISSUN as chief product officer and chief technology officer respectively.
LISSUN was founded in 2021 by Krishna Veer Singh and Tarun Gupta.
It operates a hybrid mental health model covering psychiatry, rehabilitation, infertility and maternity support, and child development.
Its child-focused initiative, Sunshine by LISSUN, launched in June 2023, provides developmental and behavioural therapy for children with neurodevelopmental conditions — disorders affecting brain development and function.
To date, Sunshine has delivered over 30,000 hours of therapy and supported more than 10,000 children across 20 centres.
Varun Gandhi, chief executive and co-founder of Being Cares, said: “Joining LISSUN felt like coming home.
“Our goal was always to build an empathetic, intelligent assistant that families could trust. With LISSUN, we now have the infrastructure, therapists, and shared values to bring this dream to life.”
LISSUN said it plans to expand the Sunshine network to more than 200 centres within the next two to four years.
It also intends to deploy its AI assistant, Ray, across platforms such as WhatsApp to provide real-time, personalised support to parents navigating their child’s mental health.
