Your loved one is never truly alone.
Kaaslane, by Guardian, is an AI voice companion for elderly people — easing loneliness through natural conversation, while giving care teams the daily insight they need to support each person at exactly the right time.
Mood today
Cheerful ✓
The problem
Two crises.
One solution.
Elderly people live alone
Screens don't work for everyone
Millions of elderly people are isolated not by choice, but because smartphones, tablets, and apps were never designed for them. Without accessible technology, the only contact they get is when someone visits — and visits are rare.
“I don't know how to use it. I just want someone to talk to.”
Clients per care worker
Care workers are flying blind
Overloaded care workers arrive for visits without knowing whether someone genuinely needs help today or is actually doing fine. Without real-time wellbeing data, decisions are based on last week's visit. Resources go to the wrong people at the wrong time.
“I have 70 clients. I can't know who needs me most until I'm already there.”
How it works
Simple for everyone.
Powerful behind the scenes.
Grandma just talks
No screen. No app. No passwords to remember. A small device sits at home, always ready. She talks to it the same way she would talk to a friend — in Estonian, naturally, at any hour.
The AI listens and learns
Kaaslane chats, reminds about medication, and gently tracks how she is feeling over time. It notices changes in mood, energy, and routine — flagging anything that might need attention.
Care teams see the full picture
Every morning, care managers see a dashboard summary — mood trends, activity levels, medication adherence, and alerts. They know who needs a visit today and who is thriving.
Features
Built for real care.
Not just technology.
Natural Estonian Voice
Speaks and understands Estonian fluently, with a warm and natural tone that feels like talking to a real person — never robotic, never condescending.
Always-On Companion
Available 24/7 to chat, listen, and respond. No buttons, no apps, no screens — just conversation, any time of day or night.
Medication Reminders
Gently reminds users to take their medication at the right times, confirms they have done so, and reports back to care teams automatically.
Mood & Wellbeing Tracking
Listens for signs of low mood, loneliness, or changes in behaviour and surfaces meaningful patterns to care managers over time.
Emergency Detection
Detects distress signals in voice — confusion, pain, falls — and immediately notifies care teams with context and urgency.
Care Dashboard Integration
Feeds real-time wellbeing summaries into existing care management platforms so care workers act on live data, not last week's notes.
Who it's for
Designed for two
important people.
Give your family member a companion, not a caretaker.
Kaaslane gives elderly family members a warm, always-available companion they can talk to on their own terms. No tech skills needed — if they can speak, they can use Kaaslane. And if anything changes in how they're doing, you'll know.
- Your loved one always has someone to talk to, day or night
- Receive peace-of-mind alerts if something seems off
- No devices to teach — Kaaslane works through natural conversation
- Stay connected to their daily life without hovering
Why now
The evidence is
already there.
The demand is already proven.
Elderly people who can navigate technology are already turning to AI for company — voice assistants and chat tools see significant elderly usage precisely because loneliness is a daily reality. Kaaslane meets people where they are, with no learning curve required.
Care workers are ready for data.
Care workers across Estonia already use digital systems to make visit decisions — scheduling tools, client records, and care notes are part of daily workflows. Kaaslane feeds richer signals into that ecosystem, surfacing what happened between visits.
Voice is the universal interface.
Screens create barriers: poor eyesight, unfamiliar interfaces, motor difficulties, cognitive load. Voice has none of these. It is the only interaction model with zero accessibility barrier, making it uniquely suited for people that all other technology has left behind.
Pricing
Priced for organisations,
not individuals.
Care homes, municipalities, and care organisations subscribe on a per-user per-month basis — making Kaaslane a line item in a care budget, not a cost to individual families. Pricing is modest relative to the cost of a single preventable emergency callout.
Subscription model
Per user / month
Who pays
Care organisations
Budget line
Care delivery costs