Telememory

Telememory (Telememory, LLC; later Telememory Holding Corp.) is a Kansas City, Kansas-based telehealth company that develops AI-based digital reminiscence technology intended to connect families with their memories and to track emotional responses, with the stated aim of improving happiness and health among people experiencing loneliness, isolation and cognitive decline. Its initial product, Reminisce+, collects information about a patient's life through a digital biography process, curates personalized content such as music, art, video and images intended to invoke long-term memory recall, lets families stream and share that content through narrowcasting and telepresence tools such as Apple FaceTime, analyzes emotional and biometric responses to gauge recall, and issues content recommendations and alerts based on those responses. The company has described the underlying technology as patent-pending.

The company later operated under the MoodSpark brand, described as a digital companion and robotic assistive technology for seniors that uses AI to detect signals of agitation, sadness or stress, performs automated check-ins, sends alerts and notifications to family and friends, delivers behavioral health intervention via digital reminiscence therapy, and shares engagement and response data with families and caregivers. MoodSpark's stated focus markets are the aging U.S. veteran population and the broader senior care market. Telememory positions its products as non-pharmacological interventions and states that they allow caregivers to scale therapeutic approaches across more patients without increasing the cost of care.

Founding story

Founder and CEO Eliot Arnold has said he started Telememory after his father was diagnosed with dementia, when he found no technology purpose-built to keep his father connected to his interests — art, music, bridge, family and friends — and sought non-pharmacological approaches to improve his father's mood, slow cognitive decline and keep him engaged.

Business model

The company sells software-driven reminiscence and companion-care technology for use by memory care providers, senior care organizations and families, positioning the products as a way for caregivers to extend therapeutic interventions across more patients without added cost of care.

Traction

Telememory ran a month-long alpha program with Delmar Gardens Enterprises, an operator serving over 4,000 seniors across six states, beginning November 2020, and was selected for the 2021 Techstars Kansas City Accelerator cohort.

Latest developments

In May 2022, Telememory Holding Corp., maker of MoodSpark, completed the purchase of Dthera Sciences (OTCPK:DTHR), bringing an intellectual property portfolio including an FDA Breakthrough Device designation, several patents, a technology platform and clinical pilot research under the MoodSpark banner.