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Can AI-powered tech fix Europe’s loneliness crisis? SDG Lab’s $20M venture bets on virtual intimacy to reconnect a disconnected world.
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13% of Europeans feel lonely most or all the time, while 35% experience it regularly. Social isolation increases mortality risk by 29% and loneliness by 26%. Loneliness is linked to sleep disturbances, high cortisol levels, and heart disease. The $20 million venture studio SDG Lab is betting big on ‘virtual intimacy’