The Recovery Innovation Fund is powering never-before seen innovations to help millions overcome addiction.

Every system works exactly as it was designed to. The current addiction recovery ecosystem was designed to react — not to prevent.

Our mission:

Build what was missing from the beginning.

1 in 6
Americans living with a
substance use disorder
41M
AMERICANS WITH AN untreated SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
$35B
Annual economic cost
of the opioid crisis

The Recovery Gap

Most systems intervene after damage is visible. The Recovery Innovation Fund is built to intervene before outcomes are decided, at the exact moment that has always been ignored.

We believe relapse doesn’t start with a decision. It starts with a physiological signal. For the first time, that signal can be detected before the window to intervene closes. How? Through the RIF’s funding of a revolutionary biometric suite that monitors cravings in real-time to give unparalleled data on relapse probability.

Not an improvement. 

A replacement.

BRIDGE DETOX CENTER

Flagship, tech-enabled medical detox in Nashville. The critical anchor of the platform: the patients, the outcomes, the proof. Where care begins and evidence is built.

KEEP

Every patient leaves Bridge with Keep. Recovery scores, mood tracking, daily check-ins, journaling, community. Recovery that continues after discharge, not care that stops at the door.

TEND

The clinical dashboard that replaces paper and spreadsheet dashboards. Real-time outcome analytics. Clinical care that finally has data, and clinicians who can act on it before it’s too late.

KEEP WATCH

Powered by OpiAid’s proprietary algorithm, Keep Watch detects physiological craving signals before they become conscious, bringing objective data into clinical decision-making and care for the first time.

Pioneering Better System Inputs.
Better Outputs.
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Pioneering Better System Inputs.
Better Outputs.
World Changing Results. move.
Pioneering Better System Inputs.
Better Outputs.
World Changing Results. move.
67%
target increased
success rate
6+
ventures funded to build and release world-changing tech

Funding Solutions is our mission.

Transparency and social responsibility is our duty.

Transparent Reporting

RIF’s initiatives are tied to transparent reporting to its donors. We’re leveraging blockchain and a robust financial suite to bring impact reporting front-and-center.

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HIPPA Compliant AI

We’re funding a full agentic suite to give clinical operators new leverage, to touch more lives (without the burnout that comes with it).

Scholarships

A world-changing system shouldn’t be available...only if you can afford it. We’re funding over 500 scholarship beds over the next two years.

We’re Funding Location Zero, and the work is already started.

Recovery starts with effective detox. This is the entry point, and it’s flawed. Ineffective detox causes loss of hope from the beginning and ensures a cycle of failure.

We are pioneering a Nashville detox facility that will change the paradigm: clinical best practices powered by tech. Payments on blockchain so recovering addicts can begin their journey with the power to spend responsibly. A watch and connected clinical dashboard that helps track their journey. Best practices guided by HIPPA-compliant Ai and run by world-class staff.

It’s all coming together.

We’re assembling some of the brightest minds in addiction recovery. They are all in longterm recovery, or have lost family members.
recovery executive

“I know what it feels like to need the system. I know what it feels like to build programs inside it. Neither experience prepared me for how much it still fails the people who need it most. So I stopped waiting for someone else to fix it.”

David Smith  •   Antidote SPV

interventionist

“I’ve dealt with thousands of people suffering with addiction -- many on A&E’s “Intervention” --and I know what leads to change. RIF is pioneering something never before seen but very much needed.”

Darren Hobbs  •   The Firm of Nashville

venture executive

“As a venture studio, we are pouring significant resources into the RIF, from Ai Code, to a network of innovators. I lost my sister to addiction. When the RIF accomplishes its mission, it will save people like Michelle.”

J.Todd Smith  •   Method Five Labs

Entrepreneur

“I’ve pioneered products before and work on the forefront of real-time addiction monitoring. The way the RIF is driving its partners really speaks to its vision and entrepreneurial mentality. When the story is told, RIF will have pushed the forefront of change.”

Dino Miliotis  •   Serial Entrepreneur / OpiAID Founding Team

We are solely focused on helping people become who they were created to be—reaching their goals, performing at a high level, contributing to their families and society, and living as the best version of themselves.

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Join Our Board
We’re assembling a world-class board. Join four current visionary, accomplished board members committed to guiding RIF to being the premier catalyst in changing the face of addiction recovery.

One Gift.
Lifetimes of Impact.