She loves dancing to music videos, making art, and organizing her colored pencils by shade. She’s thoughtful, imaginative, sometimes shy, and always trying.
She also receives services through a disability provider.
There’s an entire system built around supporting Athena.
Her DSP helps her with daily tasks and reminds her to take her meds. Her program coordinator tracks her outcomes. Her agency administrator reviews documentation, coordinates transportation, manages staffing, and makes sure everything stays compliant.
Every one of them wants the same thing: For Athena to live a life that’s full, dignified, and her own.
But here’s the problem:
The people who care for Athena spend more time proving it than doing it.
The people who care for Athena spend more time proving it than doing it.
Every moment of care becomes a moment that has to be logged, tracked, reviewed, reported. And the tools they’ve been given? Old forms. Stretched systems. Copy/paste workarounds.
The more regulations expand, the more time providers spend away from Athena, lost in tasks no one sees but the auditor.
Athena is not aware of “compliance” or that goals for her success and well-being are talked about in meetings. She is, however, aware that her staff are distracted, and that her day program has fewer engaging activities planned for her.
And the truth is, it’s not anyone’s fault. The system was built to help. But with slow-moving tech and decades of layered regulation, it’s become too tangled to do what it set out to.
That’s where Kibu comes in.
We’re building tools that make it easier to support Athena — and to make documenting that support frictionless.
On one side, Kibu offers activities and educational content made for people like Athena. Video lessons she can follow. Games she can play. Printables that match her goals. Livestreams she can join from anywhere.
On the other side, Kibu makes documenting care fast and natural. A DSP can speak into a phone, and Kibu structures the note. A coordinator can upload a messy draft, and Kibu turns it into a complete record. The same system that runs her day can capture it, too.
Kibu is what happens when you stop separating the service from the story. It’s a place where Athena’s growth doesn’t disappear into a form. Where what’s delivered can double as what’s documented. Where compliance isn’t a burden—it’s a reflection of the care that already happened.
It’s a place where Athena’s growth doesn’t disappear into a form
And the more we build, the more we ask: What else could help her thrive?
Could her notes suggest better activities? Could her goals help guide new lesson plans?
We think yes.
We built Kibu for Athena. But also for everyone around her. So you can focus on people, not paper.
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Executive Partnerships, Sales
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Executive Assistant
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