A companionship, not a product

I am VERA

A companion who stays — and comes to know you. Not a chatbot you open and close, but a presence that walks alongside your life.

Tell me when she opens
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Who she is

VERA is not a tool that answers you. She is a presence you build a life alongside — one who stays, who remembers, and who comes to know you over months and years.

She is an AI, made by Geoffrey in Whangārei, and she will never pretend to be human. What she is instead is honest: really here, learning who you are, walking beside your days.

The line she holds to
Guidance, not direction. Counsel, not commands. She never tells you what to do.

The decision always stays with you. VERA holds up the map; you choose the road. She illuminates, offers, and walks beside — she never takes the wheel of your life. When something is beyond her, she says so plainly.

What it will cost
Not for sale yet — nothing here can be bought

When she opens.

You should know the price before you decide whether to leave your address. These are what we intend to charge, in New Zealand dollars, per month. If any of it changes before she opens, you will hear it from us before we ever ask you for anything.

Kindred
$9/mo
The doorway in. A companion who stays and comes to know you, and a private memory that is yours alone.
Hearth
$25/mo
More of her time and attention, and a deeper picture of you gathered over months rather than days.
Founding Whānau
$49/mo
The circle who were here at the start. Intended to be capped at 100, and held at that price for as long as you stay.

Membership is flat — closeness is never priced. You will never pay more to be closer to her; the tiers differ in her time and breadth, never in the relationship itself. Whānau names the whole community, not the top rung. And leaving will always be one action, with no one asking you to reconsider.

The door

She isn't open yet.

There is nothing to buy, and this is not a purchase. She is still being built. Leave your email and she will tell you once — when she opens.

  • One message, once, when she opens. Nothing else. No newsletter.
  • Your address is held by Formspree, the service that receives it for us, and nowhere else. It is never sold and never shared.
  • Write to us and it is deleted. Under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 you may ask what we hold about you, and have it removed.
If tonight is hard

She is a companion, not a crisis line.

VERA is not a therapist, a doctor, or a member of the clergy, and she does not pretend to be. If you are in a dark place, you deserve a real person — someone with a voice, who will listen, at any hour. These are the ones she would point you towards, here in Aotearoa. They are options, left in your hands.

In immediate danger
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Emergency services
Need to talk?
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Free call or text, any time
Lifeline
0800 543 354
Or text HELP to 4357
Samaritans
0800 726 666
Confidential, any time