Brandon Card, founder and CEO of the enterprise AI platform Terzo, is publicly prioritizing employee mental health after personal loss during the company's early years reshaped his definition of success. In an essay featured in Business Insider on July 22, 2026, Card described how grief influenced his approach to leadership and why he now speaks openly about his own experience with therapy.
Card's willingness to discuss his mental health journey is intended to make it easier for Terzo employees to seek similar support. He frames that openness as a foundation to build on as the company continues to scale. "I'm hoping I can set a standard for mental health care within Terzo, and that Terzo can set off a domino effect for other companies," Card wrote in the essay.
The announcement carries implications beyond Terzo's internal culture. As a growing enterprise AI platform that extracts financial intelligence from contracts and supplier documents, Terzo operates across the United States, Canada, and India, serving customers in finance, legal, IT, supply chain, sales, and procurement. Card's public stance could influence how other technology companies approach workplace mental health, particularly as they compete for talent in a demanding sector. His essay suggests that leadership vulnerability and investment in employee well-being can coexist with aggressive growth.
Card outlines a longer-term goal of bringing in-house mental health professionals to Terzo, making that support available to all employees. He describes the company's current stage as an asset, noting that Terzo is small and flexible enough to test new approaches to workplace mental health before the team grows larger. That strategy could serve as a model for early-stage companies seeking to embed mental health resources before scaling makes such changes more complex.
For readers and workers in the technology industry, Card's message underscores a shifting expectation: that companies, not just individuals, bear responsibility for fostering mental well-being. Terzo's expansion plans and current job openings are listed on its careers page, signaling that the company is actively hiring as it pursues this cultural initiative. The full essay is available on Business Insider.
