Poster Presentation: a2 National Symposium 2025
Title: AI-Based Visual Assessment App for At-Home Monitoring of Older Parkinson’s Disease Patients Authors: Hamed Tabkh, Mona Azarbayjani
New Product Launch: AVA Mobility for iPAD
About the Product: AVA is an AI-powered app for routine fall risk assessment. No external hardware, no stored videos - just fast, reliable insights to support safer aging at home! ForesightCares presents AVA, an AI-driven video-based mobile application designed for non-invasive, real-time fall risk assessment of older adults. AVA leverages advanced AI models to analyze mobility patterns using only iPads' built-in cameras, eliminating the need for wearable sensors or video storage. Designed for caregivers, family members, and staff in Independent Living communities, AVA offers a fast, five-minute assessment that ensures full privacy by performing all processing on-device. Its user-friendly interface, affordability, and broad device compatibility make it an essential tool for proactive fall risk evaluation. While AVA does not replace professional medical assessments, it empowers caregivers with objective insights to support safer aging. Source: AVA…
Funding: $4.5M seed round raised
Seed round raised from existing investors (True Ventures, BKR Capital, Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, Health2047 and others) - $4.5M to date. Securing of MassAITC pilot funding helped in due diligence with investors for their seed round, and thus was critical to closing their funding including with Health2047, venture arm of the American Medical Association and with other early stage investors.
Company Launch: EC Safety Technologies LLC
About Founded in 2025, EC-Safety was born with a clear purpose: to transform geriatric care through technology designed with empathy, science, and real collaboration with those on the front lines of caregiving. From the beginning, we have worked hand in hand with experts in gerontology, clinical professionals, technologists, and elder care leaders to create a platform that not only digitizes processes but also eases the operational and emotional burden faced by caregivers. This mission has led us to collaborate with prestigious institutions such as the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where researchers use EC-Safety as a technological foundation in a pioneering project supported by the Massachusetts AI & Technology Center for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (MassAITC), focused on improving the lives of Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers through artificial intelligence. Our technology was not born in…
Oral Presentation: MIT Club of Northern California – AI in Healthcare at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
John Ralston presented on the NEURVESTA device mentioning the MassAITC pilot project work on January 14, 2025 as an featured AI startup at the AI Healthcare Event in association with the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. Source: Event Post on MIT Club of Northern California Website
Oral Presentation: Mobile Computing Seminar at Columbia University (Virtual)
Dr. Gang Wang gave a virtual talk at Columbia University (mobile computing seminar) which highlighted this project and the prototype design. Title: Defending against Spoofing Attacks in Mobile Networks and Applications Presenter: Gang Wang (PI)
Funding: Pre18, parallel18’s pre-acceleration program, grant
A new company founded by G. Antonio Sosa-Pascual (PI) to commercialize the technology and AI developed through this pilot project was one of 24 companies selected (out of more than 200 applicants) to join the pre18 accelerator as a recipient of a $25,000 grant. Source: News is my Business News Release