Our story
Built by a busy person, for busy people.
KayEA began as one person’s answer to a familiar problem: a full life, and too many important things losing out to loud ones.
The founder
Chris LaBossiere, Edmonton, Canada.
Chris runs a company, serves as president of the Juno Beach Centre Association, the Canadian charity behind Canada’s Second World War museum in Normandy, and tries to be a good husband, father and grandfather. All of it matters. The context for all of it was spread across inboxes, meeting notes, documents and memory.
He wanted one place to keep that context, and one assistant to ask and to hand things to. So he started building KayEA, and became its first user.
Chris on chrislabossiere.com
Where the name comes from
A question that started with Kay Summersby.
The idea began with an interest in Kay Summersby, who served as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s driver and secretary during the Second World War. Her work prompted a modern question: how could capable assistance help someone manage the context and demands of a full life?
KayEA is an original AI executive assistant built around that question. Kay, the assistant you talk to in KayEA, is not a portrayal of Summersby and doesn’t speak for her.
A short, sourced account
Designed in Canada
Quiet, plain-spoken, and careful with what’s yours.
KayEA is designed in Canada. We aim for plain dealing, careful handling of private information and honesty in everything we say. Where information is stored and processed is described separately, on the trust page.
Less to keep in your head.
A lifetime of context. A little more room for life.