Opsis

21/06/2025

Opsis is honoured to be part of the inaugural SAMH Golden Connect Festival held on 20–21 June, aimed at raising mental health awareness among hundreds of seniors.

At the event, Opsis Emotion AI a Singapore-developed tool and A*STAR spun-off was showcased as part of SAMH’s innovative mental wellness screening efforts. The 10-minute experience uses video prompts and questions, with real-time analysis of facial expressions and body language to assess emotional states. A report is generated for SAMH professionals to interpret and support further care.

Ms Jane Goh, deputy director of creative services and youth at SAMH, said the tool complements the association’s existing face-to-face screening processes. “This is useful for clients who might not be able to articulate their emotions very well but might still want to convey certain things,” she said

According to the 2023 National Population Health Survey, seniors aged 60–74 remain the least likely to seek mental health support. We’re proud to collaborate with SAMH to bridge this gap through technology designed with empathy.

We like to Thank for making this impact possible.



Activities at the festival, organised by SAMH, included making tea blends and participating in a drumming circle. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

05/06/2025

Caregivers are the invisible backbone of our healthcare system. They support loved ones through age, illness, disability, and dementia but often at great personal cost.

A 2024 study by Milieu Insights and Dementia Singapore revealed that 74% of caregivers report overwhelming responsibilities: managing aggression, preventing falls, coping with grief. And yet, much of the support they receive is reactive, fragmented, and time-limited.

We know episodic triage isn't enough. What caregivers need is continuous, coordinated care.

A Call to Reinvent Dementia Care:
🔹 1. Lifelong Care Teams
Integrate nurses and social workers into family support units to monitor disease progression, reduce crises, and improve care planning.

🔹 2. Seamless Care Pathways
Align healthcare, social services, and community support through interoperable systems. Siloed programs leave families lost and unsupported.

🔹 3. Thoughtful Use of AI
Deploy AI-driven support tools to ease non-emergency burdens:
✅24/7 chatbot hotlines for routine caregiver queries
✅Voice assistants delivering guidance in native languages
✅AI tools that personalize self-care plans or help navigate services

Now we need a system that’s proactive, person-centered, and caregiver-informed. Let’s design healthcare that doesn’t just treat the patient but supports the whole family.

Families go through a tough time when a loved one gets diagnosed with dementia, and the load only increases with time, says caregiver Caroline Chong.

07/05/2025

AI is reshaping mental health support through early risk detection, personalized therapeutic interventions, and 24/7 digital assistance.

By analyzing facial expressions and behavioral patterns, machine learning models can predict crises before they escalate. NLP-powered platforms provide stigma-free counseling, offering a lifeline to those who may otherwise remain silent.

These breakthroughs bring delicate balance between human empathy and AI-driven care. AI’s dual capacity to democratize mental wellness while potentially deepening existing inequities, and examine how AI transform empathy into action—without losing sight of what it truly means to heal.





By Professor Shafi Ahmed Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian | International Keynote Speaker March 24, 2025 “Mental health is the invisible thread that weaves through every life, yet it remains one of humanity’s most neglected challenges. As a surgeon, I’ve seen firsth...

08/03/2025

Opsis is honored to be selected for the Meta Llama Incubator, a groundbreaking partnership between Meta, industry leaders, and the Singapore government. This first-of-its-kind initiative is designed to support digitally-ready businesses in Singapore through a transformative 6 month program.

The incubator is a capacity-building initiative aimed at helping SMEs and startups integrate AI into their businesses, expand into new markets, and secure VC funding. Participants will focus on refining their MVPs, validating prototypes, and developing go-to-market strategies.

The SME Track is specifically designed to help SMEs create and implement custom AI solutions using Meta's Llama technology. Participants will engage in hands-on sessions to fine-tune Llama models, customize APIs, and develop AI-driven solutions that enhance operational efficiency and competitiveness.

At Opsis, we are particularly excited to advance Emotion AI—leveraging deep learning and multimodal AI to interpret human emotions and enhance user experiences. By integrating Emotion AI with Llama models, we aim to revolutionize and create AI-driven solutions that understand and respond to human emotions in real time.

We look forward to participating and bringing innovative products and solutions that solve real-world challenges through AI.

20/02/2025

Opsis is honoured to be featured in Business Times “ Improving mental health”

Opsis has also been awarded the DBS Foundation Grant. The social enterprise uses its AI-based software to determine a person’s mental well-being by analysing their facial expressions.

Andrew Ow, CEO and co-founder of Opsis, said: “Traditional mental health assessments rely on self-reported questionnaires or in-person clinical evaluations, which can be subjective and require individuals to recognise and articulate their emotions. Opsis’ AI-enabled approach removes these barriers by offering an objective, non-verbal alternative.”

Opsis’ software SenseCare leverages emotion AI technology to enhance mental health screenings. Ow added: “Our emotion-recognition technology is particularly valuable for individuals who struggle to express emotions due to language barriers, social stigma, lack of self-awareness or the mental disorder itself.” Despite mental health efforts improving over the years, there is still a “deep-seated bias” in Singapore, he noted. The company was founded in 2017 to address this gap.

“Opsis’ AI-driven app tackles this stigma by offering a self-administered, chatbot-enabled screening option – eliminating the fear of judgment and encouraging more people to seek help early.” Its software also helps mental health professionals quickly access data-backed insights for screening, and supports early detection efforts.

For example, based on early trials with social service agencies, Opsis’ software cut the time needed to detect mental health concerns from one hour to 15 minutes.

Opsis will use the grant to develop a mobile app to enable mental health screenings, which will improve accessibility. Currently, its product is a PC-installed software. It aims for the app to be linked to a cloud-based platform, so that professionals can monitor screenings and provide timely support.

“This creates a continuous, closed-loop system that bridges individuals with healthcare providers, ensuring that screenings lead to action and early intervention,”

CHILDREN and individuals with special needs can earn and spend tokens by completing tasks in a virtual world – this is what social enterprise SpedGrow has developed to help users learn about financial literacy. Read more at The Business Times.

14/02/2025

Opsis Emotion AI is honored to receive the DBS Foundation grant.
At Opsis, we are committed to leveraging the power of Emotion AI to address some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare. This self-administered solution represents a significant step forward in mental health care, offering accessible way to assess emotional well-being.

By providing a user-friendly, science-backed solution with clinical assessment benchmark to bridges the gap between observation and intervention. It offers a proactive approach that benefits families and healthcare providers, enabling timely support and care.

SenseWell have demonstrated in the Healthcare setting to be a better, faster, cheaper, and safer solution:
• Better: SenseWell provides science-backed emotional insights that differentiate between normal mental states and symptoms of depression, anxiety, or stress, enabling healthcare providers to act earlier and more effectively.
• Faster: The tool allows faster screening to significantly reducing the time and resources required for traditional screenings. Proven to reduce from an hour to less than 10 minutes.
• Cheaper: By identifying mental health challenges early, SenseWell helps reduce the need for emergency and inpatient care, alleviating the financial burden on families and healthcare systems.
• Safer: As a non-invasive tool, SenseWell fosters a supportive environment for mental health screening, helping to reduce stigma and encourage proactive care.

If you are a health institute interested in integrating cutting-edge AI solutions into your practice, we would love to collaborate. Let’s work together to support the mental health of our community.
Thank you, DBS foundation, for the partnership to improve Public Health.

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At DBS Foundation, we support businesses that go beyond profit to drive real, lasting impact. Through our grant programme, these changemakers gain not just…

03/02/2025

Opsis had recently integrate with a large AIoT solutions and security products organization. The solution is to incorporate body-cam and VMS for video analysis for mental health and threat detection. The solution is an SDK for expression analysis that analyze Facial, Body Language, and Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) to identify potential threats or mental health issues. Through IOTs, surveillance cameras and other monitoring systems, it allows proactive interventions or heightened security measures when negative emotions are detected.

How it works:

Cameras or sensors capture images recordings, which are then processed by Opsis AI algorithms trained to recognize facial expressions, body movements, and rPPG haemoglobin flow extraction associated with various emotions.

Potential applications:

Crowd monitoring: Detecting potential unrest or aggression in large gatherings.

Access control: Flagging individuals exhibiting suspicious emotions at security checkpoints.

Workplace safety: Identifying employees experiencing high stress levels that might lead to incidents.

This affective computing enabled future and effectively integrate into public services, government and healthcare.

Use case:

Mental Wellness for the Healthcare personnel in Mental Health Screening, Emotion Mapping & Assessment, Psychoeducation & Communication, Aftercare Mood Tracking.

Public Safety for the Frontliners and Military personnel in Detecting Deceiving Behaviour, Identifying Suspicious Characters and Monitoring Crowd Sentiment.

According to Deloitte : Affective computing has the power to be more than a tool; it can be a partner, helping us create a world that is not only more empathetic, responsive, and inclusive, but also safer and more enjoyable for all.

Affective computing can improve public services, but government leaders should put in place guardrails to address ethical concerns

24/01/2025

Opsis has successfully deployed the flagship Emotion AI product, SenseCare, with a uniformed group during their onboarding session. SenseCare uses advanced facial expression analysis to screen for mental health concerns, identifying individuals who may benefit from further psychological evaluation. The feedback from users were very positive and encouraging on our innovation that leveraging technology to enhance mental well-being, promote a healthier, safer workplace environment.

The urgency of such a solution cannot be understated. Recent study in Singapore (https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/depression-anxiety-stress-1-in-3-youth-in-s-pore-had-had-very-poor-mental-health-says-imh-survey) showed that anxiety is the most common mental health issue among young people in Singapore, with over one in four (27%) youth experiencing severe to extremely severe symptoms, such as persistent worry and restlessness. Depression affects nearly 15%, while 13% report severe stress. Factors such as excessive social media use, body shape concerns, and cyberbullying have also been linked to heightened risks of mental health challenges. Alarmingly, one in three youth do not seek help, often due to concerns about stigma, privacy, or skepticism about available support. SenseCare addresses these challenges by providing a proactive, discreet, and non-intrusive way to identify potential mental health issues early.

SenseCare offers organizations a better, faster, safer, and more cost-effective solution to mental health screening. Unlike traditional methods, which can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, SenseCare provides instant, objective insights powered by AI. It removes human biases from the assessment process, enhancing accuracy and ensuring no signals are missed. By automating the initial screening process, SenseCare reduces costs while improving scalability, making mental health support accessible to larger teams and diverse environments without compromising on privacy or safety.

Supervisors and recruits alike have welcomed SenseCare’s capabilities. Leaders gain a deeper understanding of their teams' mental well-being, ensuring that no distress signals go unnoticed. In high-stakes environments, where emotional resilience is critical, this technology empowers organizations to take proactive steps in fostering a supportive culture. We are proud to be driving meaningful change with Emotion AI, paving the way for healthier teams and safer workplaces.

06/12/2024

Half of Workers Around the World Are Struggling with Burnout !
Attached report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reveals that, on average, 48% of workers from eight countries indicate that they are currently grappling with burnout
Burnout has become a pressing global concern, with increasing numbers of individuals experiencing high levels of work-related stress, emotional exhaustion, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment. Defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a syndrome resulting from "chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed", burnout can have serious consequences for both physical and mental health (World Health Organization, 2019)

Burnout isn’t just being tired—it’s a chronic state of stress that can affect your health, career, and life. In today’s fast-paced world, burnout is becoming all too common among professionals, students, and leaders. Recognizing the early signs—like chronic fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and reduced productivity—can make all the difference.

How can AI help spot and provide early detection of burnout ?

New Study from BCG Reveals That When Employees Feel Included at Work, the Likelihood of Burnout Is HalvedReport Highlights Four Key Employee Sentiments That Have the Biggest Impact on InclusionBOSTON—At some point in their careers, most, if not all, employees around the world have likely…

06/12/2024

Half of Workers Around the World Are Struggling with Burnout !
Attached report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reveals that, on average, 48% of workers from eight countries indicate that they are currently grappling with burnout
Burnout has become a pressing global concern, with increasing numbers of individuals experiencing high levels of work-related stress, emotional exhaustion, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment. Defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a syndrome resulting from "chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed", burnout can have serious consequences for both physical and mental health (World Health Organization, 2019)

Burnout isn’t just being tired—it’s a chronic state of stress that can affect your health, career, and life. In today’s fast-paced world, burnout is becoming all too common among professionals, students, and leaders. Recognizing the early signs—like chronic fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and reduced productivity—can make all the difference.

How can AI help spot and provide early detection of burnout ?

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New Study from BCG Reveals That When Employees Feel Included at Work, the Likelihood of Burnout Is HalvedReport Highlights Four Key Employee Sentiments That Have the Biggest Impact on InclusionBOSTON—At some point in their careers, most, if not all, employees around the world have likely…