inTouch provides an AI‑driven phone companion that initiates daily, 24/7 conversational calls with seniors, using a library of over 1,400 life‑story questions and a memory engine that recalls past interactions. The service reduces loneliness and depression while offering families mood tracking, conversation insights, and real‑time alerts, and helps care facilities extend resident engagement without additional staffing.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Many seniors, especially those in care facilities or with limited mobility, experience chronic loneliness, which is linked to higher rates of depression and an increased risk of dementia. Access to regular, meaningful social interaction is often constrained by staffing shortages and limited family availability.
Solution
inTouch offers an AI-driven phone companion that initiates daily conversational calls with seniors, available 24/7 in multiple languages. The system uses a curated set of over 1,400 life‑story questions, remembers prior interactions, and adapts its dialogue to each user’s preferences, creating a personalized experience. By delivering consistent, engaging conversations, the service aims to reduce loneliness, lower depression scores, and mitigate dementia risk. Families can monitor mood trends and receive instant alerts through a mobile app, while care facilities gain additional conversational time for residents without extra staffing. The platform operates across more than 100 countries, ensuring broad accessibility.
Target Audience
Primary customers are senior care facilities seeking to enhance resident wellbeing and families of older adults who want remote, continuous social engagement for their loved ones.
Features
- AI phone companion (“Mary”) that initiates and conducts daily calls in four languages
- Memory engine that recalls past conversations and tailors follow‑up questions
- Library of 1,400 structured life‑story prompts to stimulate meaningful dialogue
- 24/7 availability, allowing seniors to chat at any time without human operator scheduling
- Family mobile app with mood tracking, conversation insights, and real‑time alerts
- Integration for care facilities to supplement staff‑led interaction time by an average of several minutes per resident each day