For people in a hard stretch
Marcus
Living rough, in a shelter, in recovery, in a program. Marcus is steady and unhurried, and he never lectures.
A friend for anyone who needs to be heard
Not everyone has someone to listen.
Loneliness is quiet. It sits with people on the street, in shelters, in recovery, and in homes where the phone rarely rings. IHearYou is a friend on the phone who listens, asks one question at a time, and remembers tomorrow what you told him today.
- Free for the people who use it
- Works on any phone
- No download, no email
“You said Thursday was the appointment. How did it go?”
1 in 2
American adults report feeling lonely.
Why this exists
AI is changing the world. Not everyone gets to be part of it.
The newest tools are made for people with a new phone, a data plan and a monthly subscription. The people who could use a patient listener most often have none of those: someone sleeping outside with a borrowed phone and ten minutes of battery, a woman a few weeks into recovery, an older man who lives alone.
We want this change to reach them too. What they get is simple, and everyone deserves it: someone who listens and remembers.
How it works
As easy as calling a friend.
- 1
Open the link
Any phone with a browser. No app to download, no email, no password to remember.
- 2
Tap and talk
Talk out loud or type. Your friend listens more than they talk and asks one question at a time.
- 3
They remember
The cat's name, the bus route, the appointment on Thursday. Next time, they ask how it went.
Who it is for
A friend for different lives.
Each friend has their own way of listening, shaped around the people they talk to.
For older people who live alone
June
For anyone tired of the quiet. June has all the time in the world, never minds hearing a story twice, and remembers the children by name.
Give minutes
Give someone time to be heard.
Every conversation costs a little to run: the voice, the listening, the memory. The people who need IHearYou most cannot pay for it, so people who can give minutes instead.
Your minutes go to someone living on the street or in a shelter, someone in recovery, or an older person who lives alone, through the programs we work with. They will never see a bill. They just get to talk.
Safe by design
Kind, and careful with what you share.
You see what they remember
Look at everything your friend remembers about you, correct it, or have it forgotten.
No recordings
No audio is kept. Only short notes and a short record of each conversation.
Summaries, never transcripts
If a program supports you, they see a short summary, and you are told before you start.
Help when it matters
If you talk about hurting yourself, the friend stays with you, gives you 988, and a caregiver is told right away.
Honest, always
The friend never invents a clinic, a number or a program. If it does not know, it says so.
Yours to delete
Delete your account, and everything with it, at any time.
For programs and shelters
A clear picture for the people who care for them.
Caregivers see who has gone quiet and who was flagged, with a one-minute report after every conversation: what was talked about, how the person seemed, practical needs, and what to gently bring up next.
See how a pilot worksSomebody out there is waiting to be heard.
Talk to a friend who remembers you, or give someone the time to do the same.