About
A little presence, built with a lot of care.
Wren exists to close the gap between the people we love and the weeks we cannot be there, gently, honestly, and always on the side of the relationship.
Mission
Catch the quiet not-okay, early.
We love people we cannot check on as often as we mean to. An aging parent. A friend going through a hard stretch. A sibling far away. The will to reach out is almost always there. What goes missing is knowing when, because the not-okay is usually quiet, and the quiet weeks blur.
Wren is there in that quiet. It checks in gently and regularly, always as itself, and sends you back a soft, honest sense of how someone really seems. When it matters, it points you back to your own voice, so the call you would have wanted to make actually happens, at the right moment.
At a glance
Where we are today.
Founded
June 2023
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Team
12 people
Funding
Pre-Seed, $780,000
Wren, Inc., a Delaware C-Corp, based in Austin, TX.
Founders
Two people, one small idea.
Maya Calder
Co-founder and CEO
Austin, TX
Maya spent five years far from her grandmother and learned the hard way how a weekly call can miss the quiet weeks in between. She started Wren so the people we love are never checked on less than we mean to.
Theo Okafor
Co-founder and CTO
Austin, TX
Theo builds warm, careful software and cares most about the words a machine chooses. He leads how Wren speaks, always as itself, and how it reads a conversation gently and honestly without ever overstepping.
Principles
How we work.
Four commitments that shape every decision, from the words Wren chooses to the moment it nudges you.
Always itself
Wren says it is Wren, every time. It never wears your name and never poses as a person. Honesty is the kindness here, so we build it in at the root.
Consent first
No one is ever checked in on without agreeing to it. The people you love opt in, stay in control, and can stop any time. Caring is not the same as watching.
It helps your call, never replaces it
Wren is the tap on the shoulder that says now is the moment. Your voice is the thing that matters, and we would never want to stand in for it.
Gentle by design
We are in the tender parts of people's lives. We move carefully, choose our words with care, and treat every family's trust as the thing we cannot afford to lose.
Stay close to someone you love.
Add one person, for free, and let Wren help you catch the quiet not-okay while it is still small.