Québec City company offering seniors, by subscription, a phone with a conversational AI companion that keeps them engaged around the clock and alerts family or staff to signs of distress, neglect or abuse.
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Québec City company offering seniors, by subscription, a phone with a conversational AI companion that keeps them engaged around the clock and alerts family or staff to signs of distress, neglect or abuse.
Its compliance page names the legal entity 9526-1061 Québec inc., alias Amical (REQ 1180233752, Active); its privacy policy gives a head office on boulevard Charest Est in Québec City. amical-ai.com
Won a $100,000 AWS grant on Radio-Canada's Dans l'œil du dragon in June 2026. aboutamazon.ca
Le Soleil reported more than 200 Amical phones in over 70 seniors' residences in May 2026, and a deal with two dragons on Dans l'œil du dragon. lesoleil.com
Named among CABHI's 23 Ignite awardees in March 2025; the $2.6M figure is the total across all awardees. cabhi.com
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AI companion for seniors
Company describes a phone providing a comforting 24/7 presence for seniors through a conversational AI companion, with detection of distress, neglect or abuse that notifies family or staff; sold by subscription including the phone.
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Twelve-month study at seniors' residences measuring the companion's effects on loneliness, anxiety and medication use, funded by CABHI.
Amazon reported Amical won a $100,000 AWS grant on the show, noting deployments in about 70 Québec residences and six residences in Europe and the United States.
Le Soleil reported Amical's deal on Dans l'œil du dragon, its grand prize at the Ascension contest and interest from other investors.
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Tony Aubé
Co-founder and President
François-Xavier Ratté
Co-founder, Sales and Operations
Terms the company uses about its own work.
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