Alex Gordon-Brander

XAIA · AI health companion launch

2 February 2024 · Artificial minds · Documented · Publicly accessible evidence

VRx Health launched the AI companion for Apple Vision Pro during Alex’s tenure. The app offered two-way conversation in immersive environments, with breathing and meditation experiences. This launch followed the research prototype and was distinct from the company’s later software for clinical practices.

Evidence

Public · P38

VRx Health launches Xaia on Apple Vision Pro

2 Feb 2024 · Company announcement

Dates the spatial companion launch and identifies the Cedars-Sinai licence and founding team.

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Public · P39

Spiegel et al. · Spatial computing and AI for mental health support

29 Jan 2024 · Peer-reviewed feasibility study

npj Digital Medicine 7, article 22. The investigators report a qualitative feasibility study with 14 participants, rather than a clinical efficacy trial.

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Public · P40

Cedars-Sinai · XAIA launches on Apple Vision Pro

5 Feb 2024 · Research institution announcement

Names Brennan Spiegel, Omer Liran, Robert Chernoff and the virtual medicine research programme; describes the spatial product.

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Public · P43

Xaia · App Store

Apple Vision Pro edition · Product listing

Identifies the original extended reality companion and its available platform.

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Attested · B01

Alex Gordon-Brander · Career and practice account

11 Nov 2026 · Alex’s biographical account

Alex described his original CFO and founding role at Algae Systems, his launch CEO role at XAIA and the practice traditions to include.

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A conversational companion in a care setting precedes research on care and artificial minds