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.
Available now on iPhone and Android. Honest about what's live 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.
Both are live today, on the same privacy-first rules as everything else Lani does.
Lani gently flags common scam and fraud patterns — a suspicious call, a too-good gift-card request, pressure to act “right now” — using a private rule set built into the app. Nothing is monitored silently: no reading of calls, texts, email, or contacts. Guardian only looks at what the senior chooses to tell Lani.
When a senior mentions skipping a prescription refill or worrying about a bill, Lani notices and gently points them toward local assistance resources — never a lecture, never a judgment. Built on the same no-fabrication rule as the rest of Lani: if Lani doesn’t know, she says so.
Both apps are live on the App Store and Google Play. Scan a code or tap a link below.
The companion app for seniors — voice check-ins, reminders, Medical ID, Guardian scam protection, and Cost Care.
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The family companion app — consent-based visibility into how your loved one is doing.
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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."
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.
Both apps are live today, free to download on the App Store and Google Play — running on the phone the family already owns, whichever one it happens to be. Voice check-ins, reminders, Guardian scam protection, and Cost Care affordability help are all free to use, no subscription needed to get real value. 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. Lani and Lani Circle are live on iPhone and Android today — tell us what's working, and what you'd like to see next.
An adult 55+, a family member of one, or a professional caregiver. One per family is plenty.
Live now in the App Store and Google Play. Start whenever you're ready; tell us when something surprises you.
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: Lani is live on the App Store and Google Play, with Apple Health Phase 2 + Phase 4 ingestion, Medical ID, reminders with Lani-voiced notification sounds, Share Recent Activity, crisis support, Guardian scam protection, Cost Care affordability help, and validated UCLA-3 / PHQ-2 / GAD-2 wellbeing check-ins (published item wording + threshold logic). The two-app pairing loop between Lani and Lani Circle is verified end-to-end on real hardware (2026-05-12).
What's in beta: Family Circle pairing, Recent Activity sharing, and the structured feedback form below are all live today — the same Supabase table that will feed our application packet captures a real, working signup end-to-end, reviewer-verifiable right now.
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, which we expect to land well ahead of 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.