It was at a dance, in '68. I couldn't dance, and she taught me.
Listen · read by Nona
Company and memories for your family
There are stories
that only mom knows.
Nona keeps them company and asks about their life. Whatever they want to tell you reaches you in their own words.
The pilot is free.
Stories aren't lost all at once. They're lost because nobody asks again.
Nona asks, each time they talk.
The questions you always wanted to ask.
Tap one to see what they might tell you.
How did you two meet?
“At a dance, in '68. He couldn't dance, so I taught him.”
1You ask
Leave a question.
Write it in the Forest, the family's app. Nona finds the right moment to ask it, and that day the week's tree grows.
Sofía, his granddaughterHow did you meet Grandma?
WednesdayNona brought Sofía's question into the conversation. The tree grew.
2Nona talks
Patiently, and with respect.
In large letters or out loud, whichever is easier. And before sharing anything he told, Nona asks whether he'd like that.
Nona, in his window
Your granddaughter Sofía wanted to hear about when you met Grandma. Will you tell me?
It was at a dance, in '68. I couldn't dance, and she taught me.
I really love what you just told me. May I tell your family, exactly the way you told it?
Stock photo. The conversation is illustrative.
3You receive
And that night, you read his story.
Wherever you are, only what he chose to give you reaches you, exactly as he said it.
For now, the pilot is in Spanish: they can share their words with the family when they talk with Nona in Spanish. Wherever you live, you can request a spot.
The book
And little by little, it becomes a book.
Their words, exactly as they said them, and what the family remembers, under their own names. You can read it in the app, listen to it in Nona's voice, or download a PDF to print at home.
Real app screens, with test data.
What she says is hers
Her words, only if she gives them.
- No one in the family reads her conversations with Nona.
- She decides what to share, and she can take it back whenever she wants.
- Nona is an artificial intelligence, and never pretends to be a person.
- We don't sell her data. There are no ads.
For her
Nothing new to learn.
Her window is an icon on her home screen. Large letters, large buttons, and Nona always speaks to her with respect.
- She can talk or type, whichever is easier.
- With “Let Nona read it”, she hears every answer.
- If something hurts or someone asks her for money over the phone, Nona offers to let her family know.
Coming next
A frame for her living room.
We're designing a photo frame for her home. It shows the photos the family sends, and when she wants to talk, she touches it and Nona wakes up.
Each photo the family sends, with the name of who sent it.
This is a render of the design, not a photo: the frame doesn't exist yet. Prototype, shown in Spanish.
Why HeyNona exists
HeyNona began with my own grandparents: I wanted their stories to stop hanging in the air, and talking about their memories to become an everyday thing.
Ask them today.
Their stories are still there, waiting for someone to ask.
Plans
During the pilot, it's free.
PilotFreeFor the families joining now.
MonthlyUS$15 per monthOne older adult and their whole family.
YearlyUS$150 per yearThe same, with two months free.
For the two of themUS$25 per monthTwo older adults, each with their own conversations and book.
Post-pilot prices are estimates, in US dollars, and nothing is charged during the pilot. If you request access, you share your name, your contact and who it's for, and we only use it to write to you about the pilot. We also save which link or ad brought you here, to learn which posts work.
Frequently asked questions
What is Nona?
A conversation companion for older adults. Nona is an artificial intelligence, not a person, and we tell them so from day one. It speaks with respect, in large letters and out loud, and remembers what they share so the conversation can pick up another day.
Can the family read her conversations?
No. What she talks about with Nona is hers. The family only receives the words she decides to share, with a button, and she can take them back whenever she wants. In the Forest you see which day Nona brought one of your questions into the conversation, but never what she answered.
Does she need to be good with phones?
Hardly at all. You prepare a link for her, she opens it once, and it stays as an icon on her home screen. She can type or talk, whichever is easier.
What is the book?
It's made from what she chooses to share and what the family writes under their own names. Nona doesn't change or add anything. You can read it in the app, listen to it, and download it as a PDF to print at home.
Which languages does it work in?
Nona talks in Spanish, English and Chinese. For now, sharing her words to the book only works when she talks in Spanish.
Is it a medical or emergency service?
No. If she says something hurts, or that someone asked her for money over the phone, Nona offers to let someone know, and a person on our team calls her contact within a day. In an emergency, call the emergency services.
What happens to her data?
It travels and is stored encrypted. To hold a conversation, the text goes through OpenAI, which doesn't use it to train its models. The exact words of each conversation are deleted after a month: what Nona needs to remember to keep talking stays, and what she shares stays in her book unless she takes it back. We don't sell data and there are no ads.
How much does it cost?
The pilot is free. Afterwards there will be paid plans, at the estimated prices above, and we'll tell you before we charge anything.
How do we join the pilot?
Request access with the form: tell us who you are and who it's for, and we'll write to you. We're starting with a few families.