She values control
Over her body, her time, and especially her data.
Why I’m building this
Here’s why I’m building it. My body started changing and I didn’t know where to go or who to ask. I didn’t know I was in perimenopause until I saw a woman online describing my exact symptoms. No woman should have to piece that together alone. This helps you track what’s happening and walk into your appointment knowing what to say.
“I didn’t even know which doctor to go to.”
Half the population. A fragmented experience.
0.0 billion
menopausal and postmenopausal women worldwide by 2030 (projected)
26%
of all women and girls worldwide were 50 or older in 2021, up from 22% a decade earlier
She has more information about her health than ever, spread across apps, devices, portals, and search results. None of it talks to each other. None of it tells her what’s changing for her. And none of it helps her walk into that appointment and be heard.
The problem isn’t a lack of information. It’s that no one is connecting it, translating it, and putting it in her hands.
Sources: Hill K., Maturitas, 1996; World Health Organization, Menopause fact sheet, 2024.
Who she is
She’s not passive about her health. She’s a self-advocate who’s tired of having to prove what she’s feeling.
She's busy
She won't fill out forms every night.
She's been dismissed before
She wants to walk in prepared.
She knows herself
She's done being told her experience is “normal” when nothing about it feels normal.
She doesn’t want an AI doctor. She wants an ally.
AI at the heart of the experience
Listens
She shares her experience her way, without endless forms.
Learns
It gets to know her, not an average woman.
Translates
It turns her experience into language her provider can act on.
Guides
It keeps her engaged and supported between appointments.
Designed to inform and prepare, never to diagnose or replace clinical care.
The output
The Menopause Health Brief™
A clear, provider-ready summary of what’s changed and the questions she needs answered. She stops reconstructing her history from memory. Her provider gets a focused picture in minutes, not a scattered conversation.
- No more reconstructing her history from memory
- Her provider gets a focused picture in minutes
- She decides what's shared, and with whom
Her data stays hers
We will never sell her individual health data. She decides what’s shared, and with whom.
Her experience. Her baseline. Her data. Her choice.
Where we are
Concept
Proof of concept
Current
Building with nClouds, an AWS Premier Tier Partner. Submitted for funding.
Pilot
Launch
Direct-to-consumer first, then employers, healthcare providers, and women's health partners.
Help bring this to life
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Meet the founder
Daniella McCarthy
Daniella is a senior strategy and operations leader with more than 20 years of experience across EdTech, higher education, nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors. She has directed a $40M portfolio and led a $25M enterprise implementation, always with change management and adoption built in from day one, because that’s what makes things stick. She is the founder of Grove76 Advisory and a speaker on change management and adoption.
MBA · Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner · SAFe® 6.0 LPM · CSM®
connect@daniellajmccarthy.comNo woman should have to fight to be understood. Not by herself, and not by her care team.
Get InvolvedThe AI-Powered Menopause Health Navigator is in development. It is designed to inform and prepare, and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider.