My name is Gianluca. I live in Mendrisio, in the Canton of Ticino, on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
I started building Albert Life when I realized something uncomfortable: every time I talked with a friend about caring for their aging parents, the conversation always ended the same way. “I downloaded an app, but my father feels watched. I bought a bracelet, but he always leaves it on the nightstand. I pay for an emergency service, but when he called with a doubt they treated him like a clinical case. I just want to know he’s okay, without making him feel controlled.”
What they were asking for wasn’t a device. It was peace of mind that respected the dignity of the person being observed.
Nobody was selling them that. Everyone was selling surveillance.
Albert Life starts from the opposite premise: the older person is someone with full rights, including the right to silence. The family deserves peace of mind, not surveillance power. Technology must serve both without betraying either.
That is why Albert Life is built so the older person can activate quiet mode with a single tap. That is why our servers are in Europe. That is why we will never sell the data of families who trust us. That is why we are not a medical device, we do not diagnose anything, and we do not pretend to.
I am building Albert Life alone, as a solo founder, with AI tools for code and a network of advisors for every critical decision. The next person I hire will not be a developer. It will be the first Albert Concierge specialist, because I believe the difference between an app and a service is exactly this: a real person, in five languages, behind a product that speaks of care.
If what I have written here makes sense to you, write to me. Albert Life is still small. The next hundred families will decide with me how to grow.
— Gianluca