We're building a companion that brings people back to each other.
Saati is a therapeutic AI companion grounded in 30 years of contemplative practice — not a chatbot. We launch a youth app on World Mental Health Day, Oct 10 2026, then a companion robot for isolated seniors across Atlantic Canada.
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Launch date
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World Mental
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Saati
Daily check-in
How are you arriving today?
Energy today
Calm
This month · for family
Relationships gently up this month — she called Linda twice.
PERMA Report · 3 months
Wellbeing Trends
⚠ Positive Emotion needs attention — breathing & gratitude suggested
Real momentum, in the open.
A snapshot of Saati's progress as of June 2026 — the milestones we've reached and the path to launch.
Phase 1 MVP
Youth app in active build with our development partner.
In BuildVolta Residency
1:1 coaching seat secured — Atlantic Canada's leading startup house.
AwardedCommunity Network
Direct distribution across all 4 Atlantic provinces via an established non-profit.
ActiveTherapeutic Model
Validate → Acknowledge → Invite — backed by peer-reviewed research.
ValidatedFrom a quiet idea to a launch on the calendar.
Saati began with a simple observation from decades of sitting with people in crisis — and has grown, step by step, into a venture with traction.
Inspire Sirius Living Inc.
Saati incorporated as a product of the company — a foundation grounded in a 90%+ immigrant non-profit with three Maritime locations.
Evidence base synthesized
Four 2025–26 studies reviewed and translated into non-negotiable design principles — leading to the Validate → Acknowledge → Invite model.
Phase 1 MVP in build
A dedicated development partner is building the youth mobile app — voice, secure auth, and a guardian system for younger users.
Volta coaching seat & partnerships
Awarded a 1:1 Volta residency coaching seat, IDEAHub, plus growing ties with Invest Nova Scotia, ISANS, and Atlantic Canada's startup ecosystem.
Youth app launch
Public release on World Mental Health Day, preceded by a 100-youth pre-launch test cohort.
One model. Three communities.
We start where the need is most immediate and the channel is strongest — then extend the same therapeutic core to those who need it most.
Phase 1 · Launching Oct 10 2026
Mobile App for Youth
A culturally-safe, private mental-health space for second-generation immigrant youth — the most underserved group we serve.
Phase 2 · Year 1–2
Companion Robot for Seniors
A voice-first tabletop device for isolated seniors who don't benefit from app-based tools — physical presence is the differentiator.
Phase 3 · Year 3+
Reintegration Support
Drawing on six years of crisis chaplaincy — non-judgmental, surveillance-free support for individuals re-entering society.
Why Saati isn't just another chatbot.
Our design is shaped by four peer-reviewed studies from 2025–26 — and by a single guiding principle.
"Success is measured by whether a person's human relationships are growing — not by time spent with Saati."
Saati is designed to actively move people toward human contact — and against dependency.
Validation works — and we can measure it
Person-centred messages (acknowledge, validate, explore feelings) produced significantly greater emotional validation (b = 2.46, p < .001). The empirical basis for our VAI model.
A bridge to human reconnection
With isolated elderly users, the most valued function was helping them rebuild social skills and reconnect with their communities. Saati does this deliberately, every session.
Designing against dependency
Heavy AI-companionship use can predict increased isolation. So Saati tracks human social activity, celebrates it, and prompts it — using a senior instead of calling family is a failure state.
Real, honest, in-the-moment relief
Chatbots reduce day-to-day negative mood — genuine benefit for someone alone at 2am in rural Atlantic Canada. We frame this honestly: daily support, not a cure for loneliness.
Wellbeing, measured by models science already trusts.
Saati reads wellbeing from natural conversation — never quizzes or scores shown to the user. Two established, peer-reviewed frameworks give that tracking a foundation funders, ethics boards, and clinicians can stand behind.
WHO‑5
WHO-5 Wellbeing Index
World Health Organization — A five-item, clinically validated index used worldwide. It gives Saati a defensible baseline-and-change outcome metric — the kind of evidence grant programs and health partners ask for — captured quietly, never as a test.
The PERMA Model of Flourishing
Seligman's research-backed framework for what makes a life go well. Saati tracks all five dimensions over time to adapt its daily rituals to what a person genuinely needs:
3-month PERMA trends · quietly read from conversation
The person never sees a number. Once a month, a plain-language wellbeing summary — with one gentle suggestion — goes to a family contact they choose. A compassionate mirror, not a clinical test.
Rooted in meaning.
Two ancient words, one purpose — a dedicated, mindful presence that walks alongside you.
Saathi
"Companion" or "friend" — someone who walks alongside you, never leading or following.
Sati
"Mindfulness" or "awareness" — being deeply present in the current moment.
Saati, always present.
A glimpse into the quiet connections Saati holds — and how it keeps families in the loop.
A foundation that's hard to replicate.
Siri Bandagiriye
Founder · Inspire Sirius Living Inc.
A Sri Lankan immigrant based in Halifax, Siri founded a non-profit that's 90%+ immigrant and now spans three Maritime locations. His work draws on 30 years as a Buddhist monk and mindfulness instructor, six years of crisis chaplaincy with Correctional Service Canada, and a master's-level education in mental health. That depth of lived and professional experience is the core of Saati — not the hardware.
Development Partner
A dedicated engineering team is building the Phase 1 youth-app MVP — voice, secure auth, and a guardian system for minors.
Our IP & Mission
After validation, we plan to license the therapeutic model to other AI developers — privacy-first, data kept in Canada, designed to grow human connection.
Be part of the journey.
Join the waitlist to be among the first to experience Saati — and to follow our progress to launch.