Seniors · 55+
A regular face, not a rotating stranger.
Someone to walk the neighborhood with, play cards, cook a recipe from home, or just sit and talk. Same companion, week after week.
Companionship for adults 55+
Someone to walk with on Tuesday.
MySphere pairs older adults with trusted local companions for walks, conversation, and everyday errands. Before anyone is matched, our voice assistant Sonia gets to know them in their own language, so the first visit doesn't feel like a stranger at the door.
For seniors, the families who worry about them, and the neighbors who want to help.
The problem
Loneliness isn't a mood. It's a health risk, and it usually lands on the family.
1 in 4
adults 65 and older in the U.S. are socially isolated.
National Academies of Sciences, 2020
15cigs/day
That's the mortality risk of chronic social disconnection, on par with smoking.
U.S. Surgeon General Advisory, 2023
53M
Americans are unpaid family caregivers, most of them also working jobs.
AARP & National Alliance for Caregiving, 2020
Most products built for this put another screen in front of someone who's already alone. Ours ends with a person on the porch.
How it works
From hello to a first visit, in three steps.
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01Tell us what a good day looks like.
Big, tappable chips instead of forms: music, cooking, casual walking, group meets, getting snacks. A senior (or their daughter, sitting next to them) can finish it in a couple of minutes.
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02Have a real conversation with Sonia.
One button, then just talk. Sonia asks about routines, mobility, the language they're most at home in, and what they miss doing. That conversation tells us far more than a checkbox ever could.
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03Meet a companion who actually fits.
We surface a short list of nearby companions with the languages, experience, and interests that line up. Then you request a walk, a visit, or help with an errand, and they show up in person.
Meet Sonia
We made the first step a conversation, not a form.
Onboarding is where most apps lose older users: tiny text fields, passwords, ten screens of dropdowns. So we replaced it with a voice. Sonia is the part of MySphere that listens.
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Speaks their language
A grandmother who's lived here thirty years may still think in Spanish, Hindi, or Mandarin. Sonia meets her there, and that preference carries straight into matching.
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Hears what forms miss
“I like walking, but my knee is bad on hills.” “My husband passed last spring.” The details that make or break a match come up naturally when someone is talking.
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Hands off to a human
Sonia isn't the companion. She's the intake. The goal of every conversation is a real person showing up at the door.
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Keeps family in the loop
The adult kid three time zones away gets to know someone is stopping by, without having to coordinate every visit themselves.
Who it's for
Three people, one relationship.
Families & caregivers
One less thing you're carrying alone.
For the son juggling work and Dad's appointments, or the daughter who calls every night because she worries. Real company for them, and some breathing room for you.
Companions · 18+
A few hours a week that actually matter.
Students, retirees, and neighbors who are good with people. Pick times that fit your schedule and become someone's favorite part of the week.
Morning walksChai & conversationGrocery runsBoard gamesCooking a family recipeWatching the gameMusicGroup meetupsReading togetherGetting snacks