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From a month-long hackathon to real-world impact—here's how EBI's journey unfolded.

SEP 2024

The EBI team presenting its early prototype at a hackathon

Built at a Hackathon

EBI started as a month-long experiment: a working prototype for AI-guided journaling, built to explore whether technology could make it easier for people to put difficult experiences into words.

“One month, one shared question, and a prototype worth continuing.”

OCT 2024

The EBI team in discussion with a hospital clinical team

Build For Good Accelerator

Invited to accelerate Ebi as a project.

“From prototype to real-world production app.”
About the study

NOV 2024

An EBI founder speaking with a news crew

Made National News

The Straits Times covered EBI among the launches to come out of the hackathon — the first time the project reached beyond the people who built it.

“The first time the project reached beyond the people who built it.”
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2025

The EBI team in discussion with a hospital clinical team

A Hospital Partnership

Doctors from Tan Tock Seng Hospital saw the coverage and reached out. That conversation grew into a clinical study with Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Woodlands Health for disorders of gut–brain interaction.

“A public experiment became a real clinical collaboration.”
About the study

2025

The EBI team invited to a radio show

Invited to Radio

Ebi team is invited to share what Ebi is about.

“An opportunity to share Ebi with the world.”
About the study

2026

The EBI team showcasing Ebi

Woodland's Health Showcase

After our success, Woodland's Health decided to invite us to showcase Ebi at their yearly exhibition.

“Woodland's Health Showcase”
About the study

Built with empathy. Backed by evidence. Made for real-world care.

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