This Bay Area startup is using AI to help families navigate long-term care planning

Lily Vittayarukskul (pictured above) was studying aerospace engineering when her aunt was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Her aunt had lived under the same roof as Vittayarukskul while she was growing up and helped raise her. “We went all in on her care,” she recalled.

Post-chemotherapy, Vittayarukskul’s aunt “became very frail,” so her family — originally from Cambodia — navigated about two and half years of her daily long-term care needs. “It wiped us out financially,” she told TechCrunch.

The emotional and…