Inside the Lab: Austin’s two-day build sprint for digital mental health

What happens when you put startup founders, psychologists, payers, and investors in one room and tell them: stop talking, start building?

On October 30–31, 2025, Austin is about to find out.

Inside the Lab, hosted by APA Labs (a new initiative from American Psychological Association Services Inc.), is not your typical mental health conference.
It’s a live experiment in collaboration — and you’re invited.

Why It’s Different

Tired of panels where the real questions go unanswered?
Inside the Lab flips the script:

• Collaborative Labs – cross-functional teams tackling problems like AI in care, reimbursement hurdles, and scaling without losing quality.

• AMAs with experts – no scripts, no spin, just candid answers.

• Expert Panels - designed to deliver real advice and takeaways.

• Lightning Talks – quick, hard-hitting insights on what works (and what doesn’t).

No lectures. No filler. Just builders, doers, and decision-makers working shoulder to shoulder.

Why It Matters Now

Mental health is in crisis — and innovation is everywhere.
But too often, ideas get stuck in echo chambers or buried in slide decks.

Inside the Lab compresses months of trial, error, and validation into 48 hours of direct feedback from the people who matter most.

If you’re building, you’ll leave sharper.
If you’re investing, you’ll see what survives contact with reality.
If you’re clinical, you’ll know your voice shaped what comes next.

If you’re a payer or health system, you’ll cut through hype to what’s clinically sound, cost-effective, and implementation-ready.

Who Will You Meet?

• Founders & product teams looking for live-fire feedback.

• Psychologists & clinicians ensuring solutions are ethical and evidence-based.

• Health systems & payers signaling what they’ll actually adopt.

• Investors & funders scouting the ideas worth scaling.

This isn’t siloed networking — it’s the full ecosystem in one room.

The Details

📍 Austin, TX — The LINE Hotel
📅 October 30–31, 2025
💸 Early Bird: $695 (through Oct 8) | Full Price: $895

Seats are intentionally limited — because you can’t build together in a ballroom of 2,000.

Our Take

At GIMBHI, we believe the future of mental health won’t be written in keynote slides — it’ll be co-designed in labs like this.

Inside the Lab is where bold ideas meet clinical and payer reality.
It’s momentum, not just talk.

👉 If you’re serious about shaping what’s next, Austin is where you need to be.