Welcome to the A16Z podcast on Michael Copeland and we are here in San Francisco in the

world headquarters of honor with Seth Sternberg CEO and Sandy Jen, head of engineering,

one of the heads of engineering I should say. So welcome guys. Thank you. Thanks. You guys just came out of

stealth mode a matter of a week or two ago.

So explain for us at the high level what Honor is and what Honor is doing.

Sure. So Honor is reinventing in home care for seniors.

So I went for a drive with my mother back in Connecticut maybe a year and a half ago now.

And I just noticed that my mother wasn't quite as good a driver as she used to be.

And that just got my brain thinking about, like, wow, like what happens in five years or in 10 years

when, you know, my mom who lives in Connecticut, which is a six-hour plane flight from me,

needs help to be able to stay in her home.

And my mom loves her home, right? So I started looking for ways to make sure that I never had to have the conversation with my mom that was, sorry, Mom, it's time to sell your home and move into assisted living. And what I found is that there are no good ways today to really help my mom stay in her home. I'd be scared, frankly, to help my mom, or to have my mom use

the current set of services that are out there for her. You know, at best, I'd have to fly to

Connecticut and interview 20 care providers and then pick one and have no idea. I'd be in the dark

in California, having no idea what kind of care my mom was actually getting.

So we're completely reinventing in home care by both creating a way for seniors and care professionals to be matched, right? So a way to find the best care professional for the needs of your parent.

And then making it really easy for you to get, you know, have that care delivered.

So things from having the parent know who's coming to their home and when they're going to get there by putting a device in their home.

Me as the kid having a, you know, app on my phone that tells me, hey, you know, Jeanette spent two hours with your mom today.

Here's what she did with your mom.

And here's a note about your, you know, what happened with your mom today. Here's what she did with your mom and here's a note about

your, you know, what happened with your mom. And then also, you know, empowering the care

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