Artificial intelligence bots can give you news, help you shop, and troubleshoot tech problems. But a new startup launching today on Facebook Messenger, Woebot, wants to go a bit deeper and act as a virtual therapist.

Woebot is the brainchild of Dr. Alison Darcy, an adjunct faculty member at Stanford's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The Ireland native worked as a software developer for an investment bank in London before pursuing her PhD at University College Dublin, where her research centered on new mHealth applications and group cognitive behavioral therapy for those with chronic anorexia nervosa. PCMag spoke with Dr. Darcy recently about what to expect with Woebot.