An arcticle by Hajnalka Héjja, the co-founder of Berlin-based startup MediLad. Find the full story of MediLad here (Hungarian).
When I first told to one of my girlfriends that our chatbot would do period tracking, her smile disappeared from her face. She asked why would anybody still do period tracking anywhere in the era of so many other applications that focus on women and their reproductive health. Well, I think the market is still underserved and there are still many opportunities, and one leads to creating a mix of a friend and a virtual gynaecologist using AI.
So why would we need a women’s health AI on the first place?
Let’s face it: we are absolutely not living in an equal world. As much as we fought to have this freedom and rights, we still have a lot to do. Menstruation is something that affects half of the world populations on a monthly basis for decades, and it still represents a taboo in many societies around the world. Being a taboo, there are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings about how the female body works, that has a huge effect on our daily choices.
