Lisova Launches Nationwide, Bringing a Daily Voice Companion to Aging Adults and the Families Caring for Them
As millions of older adults live in isolation, one caregiver built the app he wished existed for his own mother.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- An estimated 14 million older Americans are living in isolation today, according to a 2020 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, and a University of California, San Francisco study found that 43% of adults over 60 report loneliness. Johns Hopkins Medicine research found isolation linked to a 27% higher risk of dementia.
Lisova, a voice companion app for seniors and the families who love them, is now available nationwide on the App Store. Lisova checks in with a loved one every day, listens, remembers what matters to them, and helps capture their stories for the whole family to keep.
Lisova was founded by David Hensley, who became a caregiver after his father died suddenly in January 2024 and his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The idea took shape last summer, when Hensley asked his mother to tell his own AI companion how she met his father. The conversation ran 45 minutes and surfaced memories he had never heard.
"Lisova is someone who checks in every day, listens, and remembers," said Hensley, founder and CEO of Lisova. "It's not a medical device, and it's not a monitoring system. Nothing replaces the people who love you, but we can't be there every hour of every day."
Companion aides, assisted living, and memory care remain valuable, but they're expensive, often hard to access, and don't solve the hours in between — the gap Lisova fills, with daily check-ins, conversation, and story capture that builds a shareable family record.
To mark its national launch, Lisova is opening its first 100 founding family spots. New families can try Lisova free for 14 days, no credit card required. Those who continue will lock in $19.99 a month for life, even as the price rises later. Once the 100 spots are filled, the offer closes. Sign up at lisova.ai.
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Lisova is a voice companion app for seniors and the families who love them. Founded by David Hensley, Lisova checks in daily, listens, and remembers what matters, helping families preserve the stories that make their loved ones who they are. lisova.ai.
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