How Nova is building resilient workplaces

Nova, our AI mental health agent built to help employees manage stress, build resilience, and find the right guidance, anytime, anywhere.

Work is transforming faster than ever – new technology, new expectations, new kinds of pressure. And with that change, mental health has become one of the biggest factors influencing workplace performance.

Yet most organizations still respond to mental health the old way – waiting for things to go wrong before interventions like EAPs or occupational health snap into action.

That’s why Unmind created Nova: our AI mental health agent designed to help employees stay well, not just get well.

The workplace wellbeing model has long been reactive: offer help once a problem becomes visible. But prevention delivers far greater impact – both for people and for performance.

In a typical organization, 75% of employees are well, 24% have moderate needs, and 1% are in crisis. That 99%, the people balancing pressure, workload, and change, is where the opportunity lies.

Nova supports them directly. Through brief, in-the-moment conversations, it helps employees manage stress, build confidence, and stay mentally fit long before burnout or absence take hold.

By focusing on early intervention, Nova helps organizations reduce risk, protect productivity, and strengthen culture, without waiting for crises to strike.

Nova isn’t just another bot. It’s built by psychologists, researchers, and designers who understand how people think and feel at work.

Every message draws from proven psychology and behavioral science – turning theory into everyday action.

When an employee checks in about stress, Nova walks them through a short grounding exercise. When motivation drops, it offers small, achievable steps to restart focus. When leaders need guidance, it shares practical, empathetic advice on how to support their teams.

Each exchange lasts only minutes, but creates meaningful shifts, helping people reflect, reset, and refocus.

This is digital prevention in motion: accessible, personal, and always available.

Nova is already changing how employees care for their mental health, and how organizations measure wellbeing.

In the past year alone, engagement with Nova has increased by 103%, proving that people are actively choosing conversational support as a preferred way to check in.

And when they do, they stay connected:

• 49% of Nova users return monthly, compared with 39% of those using content alone.
• Nova has supported 14,000 users through 26,000 sessions, exchanging more than 225,000 messages.
• Each chat lasts an average of seven minutes – long enough to make a difference, short enough to fit into anyone’s day.
• Conversations are rated 4.1 out of 5 stars, reflecting trust, value, and relevance.

These moments add up – thousands of interactions that strengthen mental resilience across an entire workforce.

Nova is where people bring the things that quietly shape their work life:

• Anxiety and workload stress
• Sleep and recovery
• Confidence and motivation
• Relationships and communication
• Low mood and loss

These aren’t just surface-level check-ins. Recent analysis of 14,000+ conversations showed that people move from brief, task-based comments to deeper emotional exploration – the kind linked to positive wellbeing outcomes.

It’s proof that digital support, when designed with care, can help people open up, reflect, and build long-term resilience.

Nova’s purpose is to make prevention easy.

It fits naturally into the workday, a quick check-in before a meeting, a brief grounding exercise between tasks, a moment to reframe thinking after feedback. Each of these small moments protects wellbeing and supports performance.

For organizations, the benefits are measurable. By helping employees manage stress and energy proactively, Nova contributes to lower absence, higher engagement, and stronger team dynamics.

It’s not a separate wellbeing initiative. It’s a digital layer of care that becomes part of how a business operates – quietly reducing risk while empowering people to thrive.

Nova also gives HR and People leaders visibility without complexity.
It highlights patterns in wellbeing across the organization – completely anonymously, so leaders can understand needs early and act strategically.

No dashboards to decode, no personal data. Just clear, actionable insight that guides smarter investment in wellbeing programs.

For employees, Nova is an always-on companion: private, accessible, and evidence-based. For organizations, it’s a scalable, digital-first solution that strengthens mental health across global teams – instantly, and at low operational cost.

The best organizations don’t wait for people to break down – they build systems that keep them strong.

Nova is that system: human-centered, AI-powered, and proven to make care accessible before a crisis.

Because when employees stay well, they think clearer, lead better, and perform stronger. And when wellbeing becomes part of the workflow, not an afterthought, everyone wins.