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Jim Szyperski on Transforming Behavioral Health Through Tech Innovation 

April 25, 2025

In this episode of The Digital Executive, Brian Thomas sits down with Jim Szyperski, a veteran entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Acuity Behavioral Health. With over 30 years of leadership experience in technology across various industries, Jim shares the personal journey that led him to focus on mental health care—and the pressing challenges the field faces today, from clinician shortages to fragmented care systems.

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Acuity Behavioral Health Discusses Psychiatric Care Innovation with Unite AI

April 24, 2025

Acuity's CEO Jim Szyperski sat down with Antoine Tardif, Editor of Unite AI, to introduce behavioral health intelligence operations (BHOI) as the new and long overdue industry category that is set to transform inpatient psychiatric care through data-driven staffing and resource optimization.

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Future Healthcare Today Publishes Acuity Byline on Data-Driven Psychiatry

April 21, 2025

Acuity shared insights in Future Healthcare Today about transforming psychiatric care from instinct-led to data-informed, reflecting the broader push for tech-forward mental health systems.

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Hypepotamus Mentions Acuity in Weekly Roundup

April 11, 2025

Acuity Behavioral Health was spotlighted in Hypepotamus’ “Friday Fund Day,” a weekly roundup featuring startups making notable strides in innovation, growth, and impact across the tech landscape.

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Hypepotamus Features Acuity’s $1.5M Raise for AI Mental Health Tech

April 7, 2025

The sheer number of Americans seeking out mental, behavioral, and psychiatric health support just keeps rising. And yet, the workforce and the technology needed just isn’t keeping pace, says Atlanta entrepreneur Jim Szyperski...

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As Demand for Behavioral Health Services Surges, Atlanta’s Acuity Raises $1.5M to Bring AI-Powered Clinical Support to Hospitals

April 7, 2025

The sheer number of Americans seeking out mental, behavioral, and psychiatric health support just keeps rising. And yet, the workforce and the technology needed just isn’t keeping pace, says Atlanta entrepreneur Jim Szyperski...

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WSJ VC Health Pulse Mentions Acuity's Impact in Digital Mental Health

April 3, 2025

Acuity Behavioral Health was featured in WSJ’s VC Health Pulse, spotlighting its AI-powered approach to advancing psychiatric care across the U.S.

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Fortune Term Sheet Highlights Acuity's Milestone

April 3, 2025

Fortune’s Term Sheet covered Acuity’s funding news, emphasising its commitment to data-driven innovations in behavioural healthcare.

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Acuity Gains Mentioned in Axios Pro Rata Newsletter

April 2, 2025

Axios Pro Rata’s newsletter featured Acuity among leading startups shaping the digital mental health space, emphasising its growing impact on hospital systems.

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Axios Pro Deals Mentions Acuity in First Look Report

April 1, 2025
Acuity was highlighted in Axios Pro Deals’ First Look for its contributions to innovation in behavioural health tech. The mention further signals investor interest in scalable, AI-driven mental health care.

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Fortune Term Sheet Highlights Acuity's Milestone

April 1, 2025
Acuity Behavioral Health today announced its official launch, pioneering a new category in healthcare: Behavioral Health Operations Intelligence (BHOI). Built in collaboration with 11 leading health systems, including Yale New Haven Health, Acuity's platform provides a real-time, AI-driven framework for standardizing, measuring, and optimizing inpatient psychiatric care-a field long plagued by inefficiencies, staffing shortages, and a lack of clinical standards...

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Valor Ventures Leads Seed Financing for Acuity Behavioral Health 

February 18, 2025
 Acuity Behavioral Health (Acuity) has successfully secured seed financing to accelerate its growth and innovation, as well as support and expand Acuity's ongoing mission to improve the quality of care in inpatient psychiatric and behavioral healthcare.

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Acuity Behavioral Health to Examine Clinical Impact of the BHAI on Yale New Haven Health's Inpatient Psychiatric Operations, Workflows and Outcomes

February 5, 2025
 We are delighted to announce the implementation of our Behavioral Health Acuity Index (BHAI) at Yale New Haven Health. In collaboration with the incredible team at Yale New Haven, we will launch the next study phase of our ongoing validation of the BHAI as the industry standard measurement of patient acuity for inpatient psychiatric facilities. Another big step to further our mission to better the care and safety of patients, and the heroic nurses and staff who treat them. 

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Clinical Validation of our Behavioral Health Acuity Index 

September 9, 2024
 The clinical validation of our Behavioral Health Acuity Index (NEAT or BHAI) is a major milestone in our mission to fix a failing state of behavioral healthcare operations. Thank you to our health system design and equity partners who have helped us get here.

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Tanner Health and Healthliant Ventures Partner With Acuity Behavioral Health for Inpatient Operations
June 11, 2024
Tanner Health, Healthliant Ventures and Acuity Behavioral Health announced they have entered into an agreement for Tanner to deploy Acuity’s Behavioral Health Acuity Index (BHAI) product, a patient acuity and workload measurement solution, for their 92-bed Willowbrooke at Tanner in-patient psychiatric facility located in Villa Rica, Georgia.

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Acuity Behavioral Health Completes Initial Product Validation
May 13, 2024
Acuity Behavioral Health’s proprietary patient acuity and workload measurement model, the BHAI, is validated for system accuracy and nurse staffing

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Venture Connect -  March 2024: Acuity picked to present at VC 2024 in NC
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The top 25 startups to watch in the 'Silicon Valley of the South'

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As Doctors And Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, could A.I. Based Innovation Be An Oasis?
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Acuity Behavioral Health picked as 1 of the 40 Seed Stage Companies
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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services deploys Acuity Behavioral Health’s Patient Acuity Solution
July 12, 2023
Software company implements proprietary patient acuity and workload measurement solution at Pine Rest for use in their inpatient psychiatric units.

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Acuity Behavioral Health and Cone Health enter into a Multi-Year License Agreement
May 31, 2023
Software company implements proprietary patient acuity and workload measurement solution at Cone Health for use in their inpatient psychiatric units.

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