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Outreach
Find people who need a hand
Quietly monitor public signals on social platforms — never DMs, never scraping private data. When someone publicly expresses distress, surface resources, not solicitations.
Open source · community-built · non-clinical
The AI revolution is changing how we feel.
No one should face it alone.
Kindred is an open project using AI for the opposite of what's scaring us — to notice the people quietly drowning, listen without judgment, and walk with them toward something a little lighter.
If you're in crisis: in the US/Canada call or text 988 · UK 116 123 · elsewhere findahelpline.com
Four engines, one circle
Care, designed as a system that learns from being cared for.
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Conversation
Meet them where they are
A warm, non-clinical AI companion that listens first, validates, and walks alongside — not above. Safe defaults, crisis-aware, never claims to be a therapist.
03
Support
One small step at a time
Customized, evidence-informed next steps — a grounding exercise, a journal prompt, a community to find, a hotline when needed. Ongoing, gentle, opt-in.
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Reflection
Learn, with consent
Anonymous, opt-in feedback teaches the system what actually helps — so outreach, conversation, and support get kinder and more useful over time.
Built in the open. Built by people who care.
Researchers, clinicians, engineers, designers, and people with lived experience are all welcome. Kindred only works if it's shaped by the community it serves.