Talking to ChatGPT Helped Me During a Rough Time. But...

Hey PH community 👋

I am Nishargo, one of the builders behind Bolo which is a voice-based emotional insight tool built for people like me, like you, like all of us who sometimes just need to be heard.

A few months ago, I hit a rough patch. Not "everything is falling apart" rough, but the kind where your mood shifts and you don’t even notice until you are not really yourself anymore. Like many of us, I turned to ChatGPT, not for answers, but for something closer to empathy. And weirdly… it helped. Just typing things out, even to a bot, felt like progress.

But then I thought:

💭 What if your tech could actually hear your voice crack a little?

💭 What if it could catch those moments when you say “I’m fine” but don’t sound like it?

So we built Bolo.

It listens not just to what you say, but how you say it. And it gently surfaces your emotional trends over time. If your tone sounds flat, tense, or off, Bolo nudges you with small, science backed actions to bring awareness and support. No heavy journaling, no quizzes. Just voice.

🧠 It’s private.

📊 It’s insight-focused.

🗣️ And it works while you are speaking.

We are not trying to be your therapist. We are just here for those micro-moments that often go unseen until they don’t.

Would love to hear your thoughts:

— Have you ever caught yourself sounding off before you even knew something was wrong?

— Would you trust an app to listen for patterns in your voice?

Drop your experiences or questions. We are listening 🧡

—Nishargo and the Bolo team