About
About talQ.
Meaningful training begins with meaningful conversations.
Our story
Built above the noise.
talQ is built around the belief that meaningful training begins with meaningful conversations. We are developing an AI-powered mental health training platform that helps psychology students and mental health trainees practice interviewing skills through realistic virtual patient simulations.
By combining conversational AI, virtual patient scenarios, and personalized performance feedback, talQ aims to make practical psychology training more accessible, structured, and repeatable.
Our goal is to support learners as they develop empathy, communication skills, and confidence through simulated practice. talQ is designed to complement academic education, supervised training, and professional development.
Virtual Simulation Labs
Educational Training Focus
Core Clinical Competencies
Simulation-Based Learning
What we hold on to.
Light by default
Mission: Make practical psychology training more accessible through AI-powered virtual patient simulations.
Quiet by design
Vision: Support the next generation of mental health professionals through personalized, simulation-based learning.
Yours alone
Your data is never used for training. Privacy is not a setting you should have to go looking for.
The team behind talQ.
Inês Carvalho
Co-founder and CEO
Theo Nakamura
Co-founder and CTO
Amara Okafor
Head of Design
Lukas Brandt
Research Lead
Priya Raman
Engineering
Sofia Marín
Product
Jonah Ellis
Trainee Success
Mei Lin
Brand
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We’re an interdisciplinary team dedicated to clinical education, simulation accuracy, and patient safety. Remote-first, serving institutions globally.
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