A Shared Goal: Using AI to Save Lives.
Featured by Chatbase. Twice.
Two videos in one week from the team that powers our TC Navigator — one introducing TCF to their audience from the floor of our Summit, and one a sit-down conversation with our Director, Connor O'Leary, about why this work exists at all. We're proud of both, and grateful for the spotlight.
Watch both on Chatbase's LinkedIn: the Summit feature and the Chatbase Around the World interview with Connor.
Why this matters to us
The TC Navigator is the answer to a problem we know intimately: more questions than there are humans to answer them. A diagnosis lands at 9pm on a Tuesday, and the questions start immediately — Is this normal? What does this scan mean? What do I tell my partner? What do I ask my doctor tomorrow? Our team can't be on the other end of every one of those messages at every hour. But the Navigator can.
What's harder to communicate is whether the thing actually works. So when the company that builds the underlying platform — having seen thousands of customer deployments — points to TCF and says this is what doing it right looks like, that's a vote of confidence we don't take lightly. It's third-party validation of something we've believed from day one: that AI, used carefully and trained on real clinical content, can extend the reach of a small non-profit in a way nothing else can.
Video One — At the TCF Summit
"Like having a full-time employee."
The Chatbase agent is like having a full-time employee. It's really allowed us to scale our impact and help more people. — Kenny Kane, CEO, Testicular Cancer Foundation
Chatbase introduces TCF to their audience: who we are, who we serve, and how we built the TC Navigator — trained on our own clinical content to walk people through self-exams, treatment options, recovery, survivorship, and how to get involved with TCF programs.
Video Two — Chatbase Around the World
The story behind the work, with Connor O'Leary.
In the latest episode of their Chatbase Around the World series, the team sat down with our Director, Connor O'Leary, to hear the founding story of TCF, why verifiable information matters so much when you're navigating a diagnosis, and how we've built a community where no one has to go through this alone.
Connor also gets into what the Navigator actually does day to day — keeping up with the volume of questions people bring to us, without losing the human touch that defines the rest of our work.
What the TC Navigator actually does
For anyone arriving here from the videos and wondering what the Navigator is for — here's the short version.
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Trained on TCF Content
Information you can trust
The Navigator is trained on our own clinical and educational material — the same content our team reviews and stands behind. No web scraping. No guessing.
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Available When You Need It
2 AM, in a parking lot, before your appointment
The questions that come up between appointments rarely arrive during business hours. The Navigator is there when they do.
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Built for the Awkward Stuff
The questions you'd rather not ask out loud
Self-exams, recovery, sex after treatment, fertility, what to expect in survivorship. Ask anything — no judgment, no waiting room.
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Connected to the Community
Real humans on the other side
The Navigator doesn't replace our team — it gets you to them faster. Peer-support calls, the Discord, the Cojone Club® App, and the rest of TCF are one step away.
Thank you, Chatbase
Thanks to the Chatbase team for coming to the Summit, for sitting down with Connor, and for telling our story to your audience with care. Partners who take the time to understand why the work matters — not just how the product is built — make better videos and better partners. We're lucky to work with you.
Try the TC Navigator — ask it anything.
Trained on TCF's clinical content. Free, private, and there when you need it.
Launch the Navigator → Want to support the work? Make a donation or get involved with TCF.The TC Navigator is built by the Testicular Cancer Foundation on Chatbase. It's free for anyone in the TC community — patients, survivors, supporters, and caregivers welcome.
