I'm Olu, and I'm building Bryndeli from a small office in Telford. I've spent most of my career as a software engineer — building products in fintech, energy, and most recently in healthcare. The thing that surprised me, working alongside care providers, is how much of the software in this sector is built for the wrong audience.
Care management systems are designed for inspectors, regulators, and finance teams. They produce documents that look good in audits and reports that satisfy commissioners. What they don't do is help the carer who's standing at someone's front door at 7am, trying to remember whether Margaret takes her insulin before breakfast or after.
That gap — between the software that exists and the software a frontline carer would actually use — is where Bryndeli lives. We read the care plans, handovers, and notes you already have, and turn them into something useful in the moment. Voice prompts you can ask in the car park. Briefs that adjust to the time of day. Cards that surface only what matters now.
Bryndeli is small on purpose. I'd rather build something a hundred care providers love than something a thousand are forced to use. The companies in healthcare that I admire — Florence, Lottie, Cera — got there by spending more time in care homes than in pitch meetings. That's the path I'm trying to walk.
If you run a domiciliary, residential, or supported living service in the UK and you've ever wondered why the software you pay for makes the round harder rather than easier, I'd love to talk to you. There's no slide deck and no sales process — just a 15-minute call where I show you what we're building and you tell me whether it would help.
You can reach me directly at olu@bryndeli.co.uk. I read every email.