Lani is a warm, voice-friendly AI companion for adults 55 and older — and for the families who love them. Built to support family caregivers without replacing the human connection at the heart of care.
We're applying to Track 1 — AI Tools to Support Caregivers of the Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Challenge, run by the Administration for Community Living, an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The application is being prepared for Phase 1, due July 31, 2026.
We didn't start Lani for a prize. We started Lani because the people we love most often live one phone call away from being completely alone, and the people who love them often live one missed call away from feeling guilty about it. The ACL challenge happens to ask exactly the right questions about how AI can help — without replacing the human at the center of care. So we're applying. And we're telling you, here, exactly what's true today, what's in beta, and what is still on the way.
Caregiving in America is mostly invisible work, mostly done by family, and mostly done between every other thing the day demands. We built Lani for the daughter staring at her phone at 9 p.m., wondering whether to call again — and for the parent on the other end who would never say they were lonely, but is.
Verified on iOS, shipping today on TestFlight Build 24. Honest about what's live, what's in beta, and what's still on the way.
Lani is the gentle check-in that doesn't depend on a busy daughter having a quiet evening. Voice or text. Patient. Senior-tuned. She never raises her voice. She never sounds like a help desk.
Conditions, allergies, medications, doctors, pharmacy, insurance, the hospital she'd rather not go to and the one she'd choose if she had to. Medical ID stays on the senior's device. Never auto-shared. Always there when a caregiver actually needs it.
Recent Activity lets the family see that Mom has been active today — without seeing what she did. A foundation for our Family Companion App (next phase), built on the same simple promise: the senior controls every share.
Sixty seconds, one mother, one daughter, one evening. The short version of why we built this.
"I'm honored to be part of the ACL Caregiver AI Prize Challenge — but the part I'm most excited about isn't a prize. It's the chance to be there for one more parent who doesn't want to feel alone, and one more family who wants to know that, tonight, the person they love is okay."
Tap to hear Lani's introduction.Each principle in plain English, with one concrete Lani fact. We aren't quoting ACL back at itself — we're answering each principle with something that's already true, or honestly labeled as the next phase.
Owner-only by default. Every share is opt-in and scoped. Row-Level Security on the server enforces who can read what — not a "trusted client" path. Delete Account ships in v1. Recent Activity sharing projects only enabled + last-active-at to caregivers — never the raw row.
Lani never diagnoses. Apple Health irregular-rhythm or fall events surface as neutral pointers — "worth showing your doctor next time" — never interpretation. Caregiver-suggested memory edits will require senior approval before they become memory (schema designed; UI in the next phase).
Lani is the daily presence the family can't always be. Medications, appointments, and small reminders move off the caregiver's mental load and onto a patient voice the senior actually responds to.
Our oldest tagline — a warm voice for the quiet hours — was written before this challenge existed. Lani fills the gaps between calls; she never tries to be the call. When she notices something is unsaid, she gently points the family back at the conversation that matters.
Lani's long-term memory system retrieves what matters about this person on this day — preferences, history, what made them laugh last week. Each Lani is tuned to one senior, not to a population average.
A hard project rule: no fabrication. When health data isn't available, the field is empty — never a guessed "0" or "—". Lani's reasoning is visible to the user; the user can correct her. Crisis copy is pre-canned and reviewed before release.
Free for the beta. Built for both iPhone and Android — running on the phone the family already owns, whichever one it happens to be. iOS is further along today; Android is in active development on the same codebase. Senior-friendly accessibility — large type, 56-pixel touch targets, voice-first interaction, no password to remember — is foundational on both, not a separate "mode."
The judging rubric asks for a credible implementation plan. Here is exactly where Lani sits, on the day we wrote this page.
Saying "no" to overclaims is the strongest signal of a serious team. These boundaries are how Lani earns the trust the rest of the page asks for.
Lani does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. She is not a substitute for professional medical advice or care.
When the moment is urgent, Lani points the user at 911, 988, or their emergency contact — and launches the iPhone dialer. Lani does not place the call herself.
Lani reads what Apple Health or Health Connect already has — she never pairs directly with a watch, never opens a parallel BLE channel.
The senior controls every share. Caregivers see only what was explicitly granted — never the raw row, never the timing, never the conversation content.
Seniors. Family members. Professional caregivers. iPhone for now; Android follows. Use Lani at your own pace; write to us when something surprises you.
An adult 55+, a family member of one, or a professional caregiver. One per family is plenty.
Install via Apple TestFlight when we send your invite. Use Lani slowly. Tell us when something feels off.
We don't sell your data. We don't share what you say to Lani. Delete Account works — we mean it.
Two minutes. No password. We'll be in touch.
What's live: iOS TestFlight Build 24 — Apple Health Phase 2 + Phase 4 ingestion, Medical ID, reminders with Lani-voiced notification sounds, Share Recent Activity, crisis support, Delete Account, and validated UCLA-3 / PHQ-2 / GAD-2 wellbeing check-ins (published item wording + thresholds, never a fabricated score, never a diagnosis). Email OTP only — no passwords. Lani Circle (companion app) TestFlight Build 3 — the two-app pairing loop is verified end-to-end on real iPhone hardware (2026-05-12).
What's in beta: External Beta to 50–100 testers — seniors, family, and professional caregivers. The signup form above feeds the same Supabase table that powers our main waitlist; your application packet will reference the structured signup data from this page when it's submitted.
What's next: expanded Lani Circle surfaces (mood and health summaries behind the same consent gates Recent Activity already cleared), Family Memory Suggestions (human-in-the-loop senior approval for any caregiver-submitted memory), Android Phase 4 health parity, App Store + Google Play submission targeting Q3 2026 — the same window as the ACL Challenge's announcement of Phase 1 winners.
What you can verify today: the boundaries section above maps to literal code paths. The privacy policy at lani.health/privacy covers website + mobile app and is the document we will reference in our App Store and Play Store submissions.