A human experience, not a technology experience

Housebound older adults aren’t alone anymore.

Presence. Not Pixels.

They put on the sunglasses and someone’s already there — a real person, in a real place. It feels like they left the house. Part of the day again.

See if Hearth is right
An older man alone at home, looking out a rainy window
Without HearthFour walls, a quiet phone, the world gone small.
An older man at a café table sharing coffee with a companion who appears beside him through Hearth
With HearthA real person across the table — coffee, conversation, company.
The idea

One pair of sunglasses. A whole room to share.

Hearth places a real person in a real place with someone you care for — through featherlight sunglasses. No phone to fumble. No buttons to learn. No bot pretending to care. No tech. Just glasses. They sit down, look up, and someone’s there.

A pair of lightweight Hearth sunglasses resting beside a phone
Not a headset. Nothing strapped to their face — just featherlight sunglasses, designed from the ground up to feel like nothing at all.
For them

They just put on the sunglasses.

The café is already there. A familiar face is seated across the table, in three dimensions — smiling, chatting, present.

Everything is voice. “Hearth, I’m ready.” “Hearth, goodbye.” Nothing to read, nothing to tap. Designed for eyes and hands that aren’t what they were.

For you

You’re across the table.

From your computer, you join them in the café. You see their face, hear their voice, and read the room the way you would in person.

Gentle conversation prompts help when words run dry — and a quiet safety layer watches for scam calls and flags the family, so a visit is only ever a good thing.

Human coreReal people — never an AI-bot standing in for them.
Invisible techNothing to manage. The technology disappears; the person stays.
Spatial freedomIt feels like leaving home — out in the flow of life again.
A safe circleOnly the people your family has chosen. Curated, private, kind.
You are not alone

The hardest part is feeling like the only one. You’re not.

Being home and cut off from the world can feel deeply personal — but it’s one of the most common experiences of later life. Millions are living it right now, and thousands more join them every single day. The need isn’t unusual at all. What’s unusual is that almost no one has built something real to meet it.

8.5M+older adults in the U.S. are homebound or nearly so — you are far from aloneMedicare data, 2024
+3,500more become homebound every single daynet of deaths, U.S.
15cigarettes a day — the health toll loneliness is said to equalU.S. Surgeon General, 2023
~95%of effort in this space goes to physical safety, not to connectionwhich is why Hearth exists
Most companies just don’t build for thisCompanies and their investors have focused almost entirely on physical safety and clinical care — fall monitors, medical alerts, logistics. Almost no one has built anything for the loneliness itself. That’s exactly what makes Hearth different: it’s built for the part everyone else overlooked.
And now it’s finally possibleGlasses are now no heavier than sunglasses, and today’s connections make being together feel natural and immediate. Older adults give up on fiddly video calls — but take warmly to something this simple. The need and the moment have finally met.
Getting there

How it starts

1

Tell us who it’s for

A few questions — including their eyesight, so the glasses arrive tuned to them. We ship a box that’s ready to go.

2

Plug it in

One cable to power. Connect the home wifi from a phone — a couple of taps. That’s the whole setup.

3

Put on the sunglasses

Someone’s already waiting in the café. The first thing they ever do with Hearth is see a friendly face.

Who they meet

Family first — and a growing circle of friends and companions.

The people across the table are real. Often it’s family and old friends. But not every older adult has a full circle — so Hearth is also building a network of warm, qualified communication companions: trained, background-checked people who show up for a coffee and a conversation, available on demand.

It’s a two-sided community by design — the people who need company, and a scalable supply of people who love giving it. Everyone the older adult meets is either chosen by their family or vetted and trained by Hearth.

Become a companion

Still have something to give?

If you’ve got warmth, patience, and time, you can turn it into meaningful, flexible remote work — and all the wellbeing that comes from helping others.

  • Work from home, on your own schedule
  • Straightforward training — we teach you everything
  • Be a friend “on demand,” one coffee at a time
  • Real purpose, real people, real difference
Become a Hearth companion
Trust

Safe by design

Built for people who are trusting, and for families who worry.

See exactly how Hearth protects them →

Voices

“It feels like I left my home.”

Finally — coffee with a friend. I put on the glasses and go to the café. It’s an important part of my week now. It feels like I left my home.
JanetHearth member, 79
I couldn’t believe how easy it was to get started — so much simpler than those awful Zoom calls or trying to use my phone for video. And it felt like I really left the house for the first time in months.
EleanorHearth member, 81
Nothing to learn — no apps, no passwords A curated circle — only people family approve Set up in minutes — one cable, done

Stories shown are illustrative of the experience Hearth is built to deliver. Hearth is in early access.

Who is Hearth for?

Start there — we’ll shape the rest around it.

Myself My parent A friend My client (care provider)
● Pre-launch preview Hearth is in limited early access Stories & testimonials shown are illustrative Reserve a place for someone you care for → ● Pre-launch preview Hearth is in limited early access Stories & testimonials shown are illustrative Reserve a place for someone you care for →