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About IPMD

AI with Heart. Innovation with Purpose.

We believe in AI that understands us — that sees what words can’t say. At IPMD, we’re building emotional AI to support doctors, uplift lives, and bring human connection to technology. Our mission is simple: to help people live longer, healthier, and more hopeful lives.

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About Us

We Believe In The Promise Of AI

We believe in the promise of AI to help us be better humans. If properly applied, emotional AI can improve lives and in some cases even save lives. We believe the breakthrough that doctors need to assist them in remotely diagnosing and treating patients can be found with the use of the right emotional AI system that joins their conversation and reads present and hard-to-detect facial emotions. Join us as we are building a world where technology helps people be their best.

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Core Values describe who we are, how we treat one another and the way we conduct ourselves - both in the company, in the community, and out in our business environment. While our corporate goals and strategies may evolve to meet changing circumstances, our Core Values remain firmly embedded in our own genetic makeup. They must be visibly present in our policies, our decisions, and our operations.

Our mission is to work toward the common good of humankind, to promptly develop products and technology that will boldly march into territories of unmet and/or under-served medical needs in order to see that all may live a long healthy life without fear of serious disease.

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Milestone

Inception of Project M

2016

Project M launched

Launched in response to Shuqin Zhang’s suicide — a mission to bring emotional awareness to AI.

Infrastructure & Partnerships

2019

Accepted into Google’s GCP Surge Program, empowering our infrastructure with elite cloud tools.
Selected for NVIDIA’s Inception Program, gaining access to advanced AI mentorship and GPU acceleration.

Industry Validation & Awards

2020

Recognized as a Google Cloud Build Partner, ensuring scalable emotional AI development.
Named a Deep Tech Pioneer by Hello Tomorrow for our groundbreaking work in emotion detection.
Became an AWS Active Member to support cloud-based scaling of EchoAI.

2021

Secured 1st place at Texas Children's Hackathon for our real-time emotion detection application.
Invited to NVIDIA Capital Connect, opening direct access to leading AI investors.
Won the GoGlobal Award for innovation and cross-border impact in AI healthcare.

EchoAI Launch & Market Penetration

2022

Achieved 95% ROC/AUC in emotion detection—outperforming Microsoft’s model.
Named Best Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in Telemedicine, North America.
Awarded Best Emotional AI Treatment for IPMD’s therapeutic application.

2023

Ranked in Top 15 Finalists at the Silicon Valley Startup World Cup Regional.
Featured on a digital billboard in Times Square with Brex, celebrating industry traction.
Secured pre-seed funding through JSF to accelerate EchoAI’s R&D.
Accepted into the Microsoft Startup Program for technical and business scale support.

2025

Received Google funding to build a secure, scalable RESTful emotional AI API
Officially launched the EchoAI mobile app with real-time emotional feedback
EchoAI featured as an emotional intelligence leader in Worldwide Business Magazine
Min Lee of IPMD Wins Business Worldwide Magazine Visionary CEO Award