Residents live freely.
Sensed, never seen.

Wearables get taken off and cameras don't belong in a bedroom. Yet falls, vitals, and early decline still go unseen between visits. Ambient closes that gap with contactless sensing the whole family actually accepts.

Origin

It started with a problem everyone described the same way

The people closest to memory care kept saying it the same way. The staff caring for residents with dementia are chronically understaffed. The residents are continuously observed by no one. And the technology built to help has been either invasive, unreliable, or just another layer of paperwork.

The insight was simple. Memory care needs continuous, accurate, dignified observation. Not surveillance. Not gadgets. A system that watches the way a thoughtful caregiver would, knows what matters, and tells the right person at the right time.

The platform

The next generation of technology for aging care

Ambient sensing

Contactless 24/7 monitoring

Ambient sensors detect movement without wearables and cameras. Residents move freely without privacy concerns. Dignity is preserved.

Clinical intelligence

Ella AI Nurse Assistant

Ella AI synthesizes continuous sensor data into clinical insights, delivering instant notifications for events and storing longitudinal data for prediction.

Built for LTC

Memory care and skilled nursing

Designed around the constraints memory care actually has. No cameras in rooms. No wearables on residents with dementia. No new burden on stretched staff.

Traction and Progress
Live pilot
36 units
Minnesota senior-living operator
MN Cup 2026
Semifinalist
top 92 of 1,262 ventures
IP
PCT filed
via UMN Technology Commercialization
Backing
ODAT · gener8tor
grant + accelerator

A PCT international application is on file with the University of Minnesota, with additional patents in progress. Details of the expanding portfolio are shared under NDA.

What Ella AI does

Four core capabilities

01

Fall detection

Ella AI detects falls within seconds and alerts staff immediately, day or night, whether the resident is in bed, in a chair, or on their feet. No wearable required.

02

Sleep monitoring

Continuous overnight tracking of sleep quality, restlessness, and time in bed. Ella AI identifies deteriorating sleep patterns before they surface as behavioral symptoms.

03

Behavioral change detection

Ella AI tracks activity rhythms across days and weeks, flagging statistically significant changes that may indicate pain, infection, or cognitive decline.

04

Staff coordination

Alerts, daily summaries, and trend reports flow to the right staff at the right time, through the dashboard or mobile, with no extra documentation burden.

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