Ananya Grover, Founder of HealCycle Wellness. (Credit: HealCycle Wellness)
This AI Period Tracking App Offers Personalized Hormonal and Mood Support for Women
Ananya Grover is harnessing AI to help customers better navigate mood swings, energy dips, perimenopause and more, through HealCycle Wellness.
Ananya Grover wanted to go beyond menstrual and fertility tracking when it came to approaching hormonal and mental health maintenance for women. But there simply weren’t options to be found — until she, herself, launched HealCycle Wellness. Using AI technology, Grover’s company does tracking beyond the basics, getting into mood swings, energy dips and spikes, behavior patterns and more to paint a far more comprehensive picture of a customer’s health story. It also gives individualized health suggestions and support tools for getting through the hard stuff. “Our goal is to make hormonal mental health visible, understandable and easier to manage in daily life,” says Grover, who recently earned a degree in computer science at Princeton University.
Editor’s Note: HealCycle Wellness has been named to The Story Exchange’s 2026 list of 15 Brilliant Business Ideas. Here’s our lightly edited Q&A, with Grover.
How is your business different from others in your industry?
Most women’s health apps focus on period tracking or fertility. HealCycle focuses on hormonal mental health—the changes in mood, cognition and behavior that many women experience across their cycles.
We combine cycle data, mood patterns and wearable data with an AI companion that provides personalized insights and daily support. Instead of a passive tracking app, HealCycle functions as an adaptive mental health companion that helps users understand patterns and respond to them in real time.
Tell us about your biggest success so far.
Building an early community of thousands of users without paid ads!
What is your top challenge and how have you addressed it?
Building awareness around a problem that is still widely misunderstood or stigmatized.
To address this, we’ve focused heavily on education-driven growth, using social media and community engagement and I started making my own videos, too.
Have you experienced any significant personal situations that have affected your business decisions?
Losing my father unexpectedly during college profoundly shaped how I think about purpose and the kind of work I want to dedicate my life to. It reinforced the importance of building something meaningful that improves people’s lives. That experience pushed me to pursue work that combines technology with real human impact, which ultimately led to building HealCycle.
What is your biggest tip for other startup entrepreneurs?
Talk to users as early and as often as possible. The biggest insights rarely come from strategy documents. They come from listening carefully to the people you’re trying to help.
How do you find inspiration on your darkest days?
I return to the stories from our users. Hearing from people who say the app helped them feel less alone or finally understand their patterns reminds me why the work matters.
What is your go-to song to get motivated on tough days?
“Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé. It’s a reminder that ambitious ideas often sound impossible until someone builds them.
Who is your most important role model?
My mother. She has always approached challenges with resilience and practicality, showing me the importance of perseverance even when circumstances are difficult. Watching her navigate life with strength and responsibility taught me that everything requires patience, hard work and the willingness to keep going even when things are uncertain.
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