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Building Physical AI for human care

Zoe Care exists to make caring for older adults safer, more dignified, and easier on the people who do it every day - through technology that understands real-world activity without watching people.

Privacy-first sensingBuilt with care teamsFrom ZoeFall to platform
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Mission

Care, dignity, and clarity for everyone involved

Zoe Care is designed around the people affected by aging and care : residents, care professionals, families, and society.

For residents

Support safer aging without cameras, wearables, or unnecessary intrusion.

For care professionals

Make resident safety insights actionable, not overwhelming.

For families

Provide reassurance without surveillance.

For society

Build scalable technology for safer, more dignified aging.

Origin story

From a physics insight to a care platform

Zoe Care started from a research insight: radio signals can carry information about movement. Piotr Antonik’s work at the intersection of physics, signal processing, and AI helped shape a question — could we understand activity in care environments without recording people?

Research insight
Signals can reveal motion

Variations in ambient Wi-Fi and radio signals can carry information about motion in a space - without capturing images.

Care application
Privacy-first Physical AI

Zoe Care turns that insight into a sensing and intelligence stack for care environments - local processing, no cameras, no wearables, and workflows designed for timely care action.

Research backgroundPublicationsResearch notes
Our approach

Five commitments shape every decision

No wearables

No charging, wearing, or adoption burden for residents.

No cameras

Dignity preserved - sensing without watching.

Edge first

Local processing for speed, privacy, and reliability.

Plug-in simplicity

Designed for simple deployment in real care environments.

Existing workflows

Built to connect with the tools and routines care teams already use.

Team

A team built for real-world AI

Zoe Care brings together deeptech, sensing, AI, care, and company-building expertise to build technology that works in real care environments.

Founders
Portrait illustration of Thomas Saphir, Co-founder & CEO at Zoe Care
Thomas Saphir
Co-founder & CEO

Seasoned deeptech entrepreneur and corporate executive. MSc CentraleSupélec, MBA INSEAD.

Leads company strategy, partnerships, fundraising, and go-to-market.

Portrait illustration of Piotr Antonik, Co-founder & CTO at Zoe Care
Piotr Antonik
Co-founder & CTO

Associate professor in AI at CentraleSupélec. PhD in Physics, Université libre de Bruxelles.

Leads sensing, AI research, and technology development.

Extended expertise
Scientific advisors
  • Céline Hudelot
    Head of Math and Computer Science Lab, CentraleSupélec
  • Bernard Yannou
    Head of Industrial Engineering Lab, CentraleSupélec
Care experts
  • François Puisieux
    Professor in geriatrics, CHU Lille
  • Frédéric Bloch
    Professor in geriatrics, CHU Amiens
Strategic supporters
  • Vincent Marcel
    Former CEO, BioSerenity and investor
  • Axel Nierding
    Medtech PhD and investor
Partners

Working with care, research, and innovation

Zoe Care is supported by research, care, innovation, entrepreneurship, and funding ecosystems.

Research & academic ecosystem
CentraleSupélec
ENS Paris-Saclay
Université Paris-Saclay
Innovation & acceleration
21st by CentraleSupélec
OVHcloud Startup Program
Prevent2Care Lab
Wilco
Funding & institutional support
SATT Paris-Saclay
Région Île-de-France
Bpifrance
Réseau Entreprendre Essonne
Care ecosystem
DomusVi
Fondation Partage & Vie
e-Meuse santé
Gérond'if
Silver Valley
Join us

Help us build Physical AI for human care

We’re building with care operators, researchers, technology partners, and people who want safer, more dignified aging environments.

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